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Where was the Sumerian Valley civilization located?
What is: Fertile Crescent; Mesopotamia; Along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; Modern-Day Iraq
Where was the Egyptian River Valley civilization located?
What is: Northeastern Africa; Along the Nile River; Modern-day Egypt
Where was the Indus Valley civilization located?
What is: Modern-day India and Pakistan; Along the Indus River
Where was the Huang He River Valley civilization located?
What is: Modern-day China; Along the Huang He (Yellow) River
Where was the Mississippian River Valley civilization located?
What is: Central North America (USA); Along the Mississippi River
What system of government did the Sumerians have?
What is: Monarchy
What system of government did the Egyptians have?
What is: Monarchy; Theocracy
What system of government did the Indus Valley people have?
What is: Theocracy
What system of government did the Chinese have?
What is: Oligarchy
What system of government did the Mississippians have?
What is: Chiefdom
What type of language did the Sumerians have?
What is: Cuneiform (Sumerian)
What type of language did the ancient Egyptians have?
What is: Hieroglyphics (Middle Egyptian)
What type of language did the Indus Valley people have?
What is: Alphabetical (Harappan)
What type of language did the Chinese have?
What is: Cuneiform (Chinese)
What type of language did the Mississippians have?
What is: Alphabetical (Mississippian; Caddoan; Oneota)
Name 2 examples of the technology or ideas that the Sumerian civilization created
What is: Wheels; Geometry; Saw; Beer
Name 2 examples of the technology or ideas that the Egyptian civilization created
What is: Paper; Medicine; Ramps; Plows
Name 2 examples of the technology or ideas that the Indus Valley civilization created
What is: Measuring; Standardized weights; Metallurgy of various metals; Metal Tools
Name 2 examples of the technology or ideas that the Chinese civilization created
What is: Gunpowder; Porcelain; Clock; Iron casting
Name 2 examples of the technology or ideas that the Mississippian civilization created
What is: Hoes; Stockade defenses; Multipurpose elevated mounds; Advanced Ceramics