What is the location of this ancient civilization?
India/ Asia
100
The name given to the social structure/heirarchy in India.
What is the caste system?
100
During this time, people learned to plant seeds and grow food. This allowed people to stay in one place and to build communities instead of being nomadic. This was considered by some to be the most important event in human history.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
200
What rivers are located here?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
200
Name the river in this civilization.
Nile River
200
What is the name of the river in this civilization?
Indus River
200
The highest class in Ancient Egyptian society.
What is the pharaoh?
200
The Sumerians contributed these things to later civilizations.
What were cuneiform, irrigation systems, wagon wheel, plow, sailboat, mathematical ideas (number system based on 60), 12-month calendar?
300
What attracted people to this civilization?
Fertile Soil
300
What type of religion does the Egyptians practice?
Polytheism
300
What geographic features aided in the development of the Indus River Valley civilization?
Rivers, mountains, plains
300
The SECOND highest class in the Egyptian society.
What are the government officials?
300
These accomplishments helped the Assyrians to develop a strong empire.
What were military power and well-organized government? They also built roads to join all parts of the empire. They built large temples and palaces, wrote literature.
400
What was the first organized system of laws in the history of western civilizations?
The Code of Hammurabi
400
What was the Egyptian ruler called?
A pharoah
400
What is the name of the mountain range in India?
Himalayas
400
The largest social class in Egypt. Bonus: Where did they fall on the social pyramid?
Who were the peasants?
Bonus: At the very bottom
400
What is the name of the plateau located in India?
Deccan Plateau
500
Name one city-state of Mesopotamia.
Sumer, Babylon, Er
500
What was the bottom class on the Egyptian society pyramid?
Slaves
500
Name the type large rivers in India?
Indus, and Ganges Rivers
500
Explain the main social classes in India.
Brahmins: priests and religious scholars
Kshatriyas: rulers and warriors
Vaishyas (herders and merchants)
Shudras (servants)
Untouchables (handle the "dirty" jobs)
500
What are three environmental challenges faced by the people known as the Sumerians?
Limited natural resources, no natural barriers, unpredictable flooding