Seven Features of Civilization
Mesopotamia Civilization
Indus and Chinese Civilization
Egypt
Mixed
100
They sacrificed animals, crops, and sometimes other humans.
What did the polytheistic people sacrifice to the gods to make them happy?
100
By foot and boats.
Name 2 means of transportation that the mesopotamians used to conduct their trade activities.
100
Upper and lower Egypt.
What did the two parts on the on the pharaoh's head represent?
100
He succeeded in unifying all the Mesopotamian cities and wrote the code of Hamurabs.
What did the King Hamurabi do?
200
The earliest writing was made up of pictograms.
What's as the earliest writing made up of?
200
Babolon
What was the main city state in Mesopotamia?
200
400 symbols.
How many symbols were in the Indian writing?
200
The pharaoh sand the slaves.
Who took part in the making of the pyramids?
200
3500 BCE
The oldest traces of Chinese writing dates back to approximately what year?
300
Merchants, soldiers, craftspeople, and scribes.
Name four jobs that were specialized in Mesopotamia.
300
It was the birth of all civilization. It is how the civilizations and cities started.
Why is Mesopotamia known as the "cradle of civilization"?
300
640 km.
How many kilometres apart were Moenjodaro and Harappa?
300
The dignitaries.
Who were the people who helped the pharaoh make good decisions.
300
It got it's name from the colour of it's silt.
Where does the Yellow River in the Chinese civilization get it's from?
400
It expressed beliefs and values.
What did the arts and architecture of ancient civilization express?
400
Cuneiform writing.
Around 3300 BCE, what was the type of writing called?
400
The dragon.
What as the mythical animal that represented power in the Chinese civilization?
400
Around 3200 BCE.
Pharaoh Menes unified Upper and Lower Egypt around what year?
400
Succession of kings from the same family.
Give the definition of the word dynasty.
500
Irrigation systems, roads, bridges, and defensive walls.
Name four public works that could've been built in that time.
500
Flooding, record surplus for tax, and trade.
Name 3 types of news that they wrote in Mesopotamia.
500
It was famous for its yellow silt.
What was the Huang-Ho River famous for?
500
Hieroglyphic.
What was Egyptian writing called?
500
Peasants, craftspeople, merchants, and soldiers.
Name the trade groups.