China
What river did the Chinese originally settle near?
The Yellow River
What river did the Indian Valley civilizations settle near?
The Indus River
What river did the Egyptians settle near?
The Nile River
How is the geography of ancient Egypt, India and China similar?
Each civilization settled along rivers
What acronyms do historians use to tell what year it is?
List three items that were traded on the Silk Road
Gold, Silver, Silk, Gems, Spices, Tea
What was the Indian Social Structure called?
The caste system
How were Egyptian time periods organized?
The Old, Middle and New Kingdoms
Why did Mesopotamians write on clay, while other civilizations wrote on papyrus or paper?
Clay was the most available resource for the Mesopotamians while the Chinese and Egyptians were able to create paper/papyrus
What were the earliest form of humans known as?
Neanderthals
What religion spread from India along the Silk Road?
Buddhism
What was the force that determined what caste you were born into called?
Karma
What were 2 things Cleopatra was known for?
Beauty, Ruthlessness, Diplomacy, Sneaky, Intelligent
What happens when there is a large gap between the rich and poor in a society?
The large number of poor people band together against the rich
What are the three basic needs of humans?
Food, Shelter, Clothing
What did Legalists believe?
In rule of law; strict adherence to laws and harsh punishments for breaking them
What were 2 contributions of the Indian civilizations that we still use today?
Metal-working, early medicines, numbers 0-9
What were 2 things Hatshepsut was known for?
Trade, Buidling, Ambition, Cunning, Intelligent
How did peasants pay their rent/taxes under feudalism?
They gave away a majority of their harvest to the nobles above them
What did the early Mesopotamian people figure out that allowed them to settle in one place?
How to farm; agriculture; irrigation & domesitication
If you were a Daoist what did you believe in?
Peace and harmony. The good and bad should be taken together (Yin and Yang)
How did someone move from one caste to the other?
Based on their karma (good/bad) when they died. Good karma moves you up in a caste & bad karma moves you down.
Why did the Egyptians mummify their dead?
So that the Ba and Ka recognized the body
Why do civilizations have social structures? (Like the caste system or feudalism)
So each person in society has a role and knows what job they have to perform.
The Tigris and the Euphrates