NEOLITHIC RIVER VALLEY
MESOPOTAMIA
EGYPT
INDUS RIVER VALLEY
CIVILIZATION GRAB BAG
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WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION?

BIRTH OF AGRICULTURE

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WHAT DOES "MESOPOTAMIA" MEAN?

LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS

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WHAT WAS THE MAJOR WATER SOURCE FOR ANCIENT EGYPT?

NILE RIVER

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WHAT WAS THE MAJOR WATER SOURCE FOR THE  CIVILIZATION OF ANCIENT INDIA?

INDUS RIVER

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NEOLITHIC MEANS THIS IN GREEK?

NEW STONE

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WHAT WAS LIKELY THE MAJOR CAUSE OF THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION?

CLIMATE CHANGE
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WHAT WERE THE PRIMARY WATER SOURCES FOR MESOPOTAMIA?

TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS

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WHAT WAS THE NICKNAME OF ANCIENT EGYPT?

"GIFT OF THE NILE"

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WHAT WERE THE MAJOR ARCHEOLOGICAL SIGHTS OF THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY?

HARAPPA AND MOHENJO-DARO

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WHAT SORT OF LIFESTYLE DID HUMANS LIVE PRIOR TO THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION?

HUNTER-GATHERER

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AROUND WHAT YEAR DID DOMESTICATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS BEGIN?

10,000 B.C 


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AROUND WHAT YEAR DID CIVILIZATION EMERGE IN MESOPOTAMIA?

3,500 B.C.

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WHAT FORM OF GOVERNMENT WAS USED IN ANCIENT EGYPT?

THEOCRACY

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WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THE CITIES OF THE ANCIENT INDUS RIVER VALLEY?

THEY WERE A PLANNED CITIES USING A GRID SYSTEM and HAD SEWERS/PLUMBING

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THE EARLIEST CHINESE WRITING WAS WRITTEN ON THESE?

ORACLE BONES

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WHAT WAS A MAJOR EFFECT OF THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION ON FOOD PRODUCTION?

FOOD PRODUCTION INCREASED

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WHAT WAS THE FIRST COMPLETE SET OF WRITTEN LAWS IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA?

HAMMURABI'S CODE

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WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT?

PHARAOH

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NAME A MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGE SEPERATES INDIA FROM THE REST OF ASIA

HIMALAYAN OR HINDU KUSH

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EGYPIPTIAN WRITING IS KNOWN AS ________ AND MESOPOTAMIAN WRITING IS KNOWN AS _______. 

HIEROGLYPHICS 

CUNEIFORM

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HOW DID INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION IMPACT LABOR?

LABOR BECAME MORE SPECIALIZED

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WHAT WERE THE POLYTHEISTIC TEMPLES OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA CALLED?

ZIGGURATS

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WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING THE PYRAMIDS OF ANCIENT EGYPT?

TOMBS FOR PHARAOHS

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WHAT ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THE PEOPLE OF THE INUDS RIVER CIVILIZATIONS DID NOT ENGAGE IN A LOT OF WARFARE?

LACK OF WEAPONS FOUND

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WHAT ARE TWO CHARACTERISTICS OF CIVILIZATION?

CITIES

WRITING/RECORD KEEPING

SPECIALIZED LABOR

COMPLEX INSTIUTIONS (GOVERNMENT)