Mesopotamia
What is the term for the fertile soil deposited annually due to flooding
silt
Nile flooded predictably every year
Indus and Ganges
What is the alternate name for the Yellow River in China ?
Huang He
Name 2 benefits of Rivers
fresh water
agriculture
bathing
cleaning
What are the two Rivers that Mesopotamian civilization develop around?
Tigris and Euphrates
Egyptian writing
Hieroglyphics
Mohenjo-Daro
The "device" Chinese kings used to make major political and economic decisions?
oracle bones
Name 2 of the 3 mountains protecting India from invasion.
Hindu Kush
Karakorum
Himalayas
The monument built in each city's citadel?
Ziggurat
Name of the Pharaoh that unified Upper and Lower Egypt?
Menes
Indoor Plumbing
Grid-like streets
Chinese belief that the gods chose the ruler?
Mandate of Heaven
Taklamakan desert
Gobi Desert
Himalayas
Pacific Ocean
What was the earliest form of legal code and overriding principle found in Sumeria?
Hammurabi's Code and an eye for an eye except for different social classes
Ceremonial vessels used in mummification
Canopic Jars
evidence for "urban Planning"
Grid like streets
Term given for fertile soil in Ancient China
Loess
Monsoon
Name of artifact that would decipher Cuneiform
Behistun Inscription
Name of the Pharaoh that had the largest pyramid built for the afterlife
Khufu
Indus Script
Capital of Shang Dynasty
Name of "secret passage" into India that provided route for invasion
Khyber Pass