Egypt
What River did the Egyptians settle near
The Nile River
What two rivers did the Mesopotamians settle near?
Tigris and Euphrates River
What river did the Indus River Valley settle near?
Indus River
What river did the Ancient Chinese settle near
Huang He River (Yellow River)
Which way did the Nile flow?
South to North
What writing system did the Egyptians use
Hieroglyphics
What does Mesopotamia translate to in Greek?
Land between two rivers
What are the Untouchables?
Group of people that are seperated below the caste system that do the dirty work nobody else wants to do
What Ocean is located East of China
Pacific Ocean
What was the significance Epic of Gilgamesh
First written story ever recorded
What kind of government did the Egyptians have
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Theocracy
What was the Mesopotamian writing called?
Cuneiform
State 3 ideas the Aryans brought to the Indus River Valley
Religion - Hinduism
Language - Sanskrit
Social Structure - Caste System
Name 3 of the 4 natural barriers around China
Rivers, Desert, Ocean, Mountains
What led to the Harappan Civilizations decline
Natural Disaster
Decreasing Fertility of the Soil
Over-use of Resources
Migration
Aryan Invasion
What were the worshipping temples in Egypt
Pyramids
What are Mesopotamian temples called?
Ziggurats
What are the Vedas?
Where they wrote religious beliefs and daily life. Vedas were passed down orally for thousands of years
Explain what the Dynastic Cycle and a dynasty are
Dynastic Cycle - The pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties
Dynasty - A sequence of rulers who are all members of the same family
Which civilization sued papyrus
Egypt
What is the item that helped historians translate hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
What are two Mesopotamian city states?
Babylon, Sumer, Akkad, Uruk
What are the 4 social classes in the Aryan Social Structure?
Priests – Brahmins
Ruler and his Warriors - Kshatriya
Merchants and Farmers - Vaishya
Servants - Shudra
Why is the Huang He called the Yellow River?
(**Hint: Answer must include a certain vocab word starting with "L"**)
The river would flood leaving behind a layer of yellow fertile soil called Loess
What is a monsoon
A shift in winds that often causes a very rainy season or a very dry season