Vocabulary
Another name for smll rivers that feed into larger rivers
What is tributary
The high mountain peaks in Asia
Himalayas
What was another name for the bones found in the field?
Oracle bones or dragon bones
The type of homes Olmec farmers had
huts made of reed and straw
The structures the Indus people built for homes were made of...
What is mud and stones
Another name for stories that are passed down through generations.
Legend
What happens when the snow from the high mountains melts in the Indus Valley?
What is the valley floods
What made the Shang warriors able to conquer so many lands?
What is they had war chariots and metal weapons.
The gd that would bring rain...
Jaguar
Why did the Indus people elevate their homes?
What is the Indus would flood.
When a farmer combines crops, this is called
Intercropping
Wht is the name of the river in the Indus Civilization?
What is the Indus River
What caused the Chinese people to have a sense of self-importance?
What is they considered others "outsiders" and had little contact.
What overlooked the cities in Middle America
What is Carved stone head statues
This civilization had wide streets that criss-crossed in a grid system.
What is Mohenjo Daro.
Drawings combined to make words
Pictographs
Why did people in the Indus valley build where they did?
Best conditions for agriculture.
What is the name of the FIRST Dynasty of Ancient China?
Xia
What device was NOT used to move the large stone heads?
A wheel - not invented by Olmecs
What was so unique about the bricks that the people of Mohenjo Daro made?
They were baked
A person who gives wise advice
Oracle
What does MESO America mean?
Middle
Dragon bones were found in fields and sold to...
What is to make medicine
The type of society the Olmecs had.
Agricultural
One invention that we've seen to help keep track of flooding is the
calendar