Mesopotamia
This technological innovation let humans evolve beyond hunter gatherer societies
Agriculture
This River runs from South to North, emptying into the Mediterranean Ocean
The Nile
This River was the source of Chinese Civilization
Huan He (yellow river)
Indian Civilization began in this river valley
Indus River
Early humans had to migrate to new environments because of this Ice Age challenge
Climate Change
This Babylonian King created the first recognized system of laws
Hammurabi
Egypt’s written language was called this.
Hieroglyphics
This dynasty claimed the “Mandate of Heaven” to justify its rule.
Zhou Dynasty
Hinduism
The form of society where humans traveled from place to place seeking food
Hunter gatherers
A surplus of this allowed early farming communities to develop a division of labor
Food
Egyptian gods and goddesses were closely tied to this essential aspect of survival.
Farming / Nature
This philosophy believed the world is made up of balanced opposites like yin and yang
Taoism
In Hinduism, the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth is called this
Reincarnation
The catastrophic event that led to human migration closer to the equator
The Ice Age
Civilizations used this natural resource to hydrate, trade, and provide food.
Water
The Nile River provided fertile soil for Egypt because of this annual event.
Annual flooding
Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism are considered this, not religions, because they focus on how to live.
Philosophies
The Indus River Valley is credited with one of the world’s earliest plumbing systems—better known as this.
Plumbing / Sewer system
The system human societies started to form into where one group rules over another
Hierarchies
This social group had the largest population in early social hierarchies: kings, nobles, merchants, or slaves?
Slaves
Egypt, like China, was ruled by these family-based systems of power
Dynasties
A justification for the power to be Emperor of China, this system helped allow for the absolute rule of several Chinese dynasties
The Mandate of Heaven
The well-planned cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro suggest they did this before building.
City planning
The geographic feature that most human civilizations started around
River Valleys