Mesopotamia
What was the most famous city in Mesopotamia?
Babylon
Agriculture
What was the economy based on?
What form of writing did the Egyptians use?
Hieroglyphics
What was one major Mesoamerican civilization in this time period?
Olmec, Maya
When was the period of Warring States?
475-221
Where was Mesopotamia located?
Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A. Harappa and Hiroshima
B. Mohenjo Daro and Babylon
C. Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
D. Babylon and Assyria
What are two prominent cities in the Indus River Valley?
What are the kings of the Egyptians called?
Pharaoh
What were three areas of dense settlement in the Americas?
Pacific Northwest, Mississippi Valley, and Andean Region of South America
What dynasty first produced Silk?
A. Qin Dynasty
B. Shang Dynasty
C. Tang Dynasty
D. Song Dynasty
B. Shang Dynasty
What was one way the Sumerian's addressed the issue of farming?
They build canals and irrigation systems.
What were the four caste's of the Vedic Aryan society?
Brahman- Priest
Kshatriya- Warriors/Kings
Vaishya- Peasants/Merchants
Shudra- Servants
What did the Egyptians want from the Kush empire?
Ivory, gold, ebony, and precious metals
The cultivation of which crop began in Mexico by 4000 B.C.E.?
Miaze
What is the principle that justified the king or emperor?
Mandate of Heaven
What is the the code of law written by Hammurabi?
Hammurabi's law code
True/False: Did the Upanishads believe in reincarnation/ movement of soul from one body to another?
True
Who was a prominent female pharaoh in this time period?
Hatshepsut
What were the different crops that were developed and used in this time ?
Beans, squashes, chilies; later, maize became the staple
What are oracle bones?
They were used by fortune tellers and showed the earliest forms of Chinese writing (pictograph).
What was the system of writing that was developed by the Sumerian's?
Cuneiform
What were the Aryan sacred texts called?
The Vedas
What did the Egyptians call the foreign rulers who ruled Egypt after the decline of the old kingdom?
A. Pharaoh's
B. Tyrants
C. Hyksos
D. I don't know and I really don't care
C. Hyksos
What was the largest pyramid built in mesoamerica? (keep in mind they did not have advanced tools)
A. Pyramid of the Sun
B. Pyramid of Khafre
C. Great pyramid of Giza
D. Moody Garden Pyramid
A. Pyramid of the Sun
Name 3 things that would be buried along with a king of the Shang Dynasty.
Chariots, weapons, bronze goods, pottery, carvings of jade and ivory, cowry shells and sacrificial victims, including dogs, horses, and humans.