Mesopotamia was located on a river valley between which two rivers
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers
100
The combination of two gods that Egyptians worshiped. Associated with the sun
Who was Amon-Re
100
The name of the first, ancient civilization in Northern India
What is the Harappan civilization
100
This river was known as both the Yellow River and China's Sorrow
What is the Huang He
100
True or False: The Olmec and Chavin traded since they were both close by in the Americas
What is False (Andes Mountains were a barrier)
200
True or False, Mesopotamia was a unique ancient civilization because of its gender equality
What is false
200
Name one way religion played a role in the environment in Egypt
What is praying for the annual flood of the Nile River
200
A visual representation of Purusha, with brahmins as the head, warriors as the mouth, business people as the thighs and peasants/laborers as the feet is a representation of what social hierarchy?
What is the caste system
200
Why was China protected from invasion better than most societies?
What is geographic isolation
200
The Olmec built giants stone heads, which shows that all Olmec people were equal. True or False
What is False (why?)
300
Name one way in which Hammurabi's Code demonstrated social inequality
What is different punishments for slaves, lower-class, women
300
True or False: Ancient Egypt experienced more gender equity than the other Ancient Civilizations
What is True (Hatshepsut - Fourth Pharaoh of Egypt)
300
Also known as samsara
What is reincarnation
300
The idea that an emperor ruled as a link between the heavens and the earth
What is The Mandate of Heaven
300
This was the primary crop of both the Olmec and the Chavin
What is maize (corn)
400
Mesopotamia was the first civilization to successfully use this metal to its advantage
What is bronze
400
Name one economic benefit of the Nile River
What is trade, transportation of soldiers and resources
400
This river flooded unpredictably, in large part because of monsoon wind patterns
What is the Indus River
400
The Zhou Empire fell in 256 BCE because of this
What is local (subordinate rulers), fighting against each other
400
Name one reason that the Lapita people would consider moving to a new island
What is overpopulation, conflict, leadership opportunities
500
Ziggurats prove that Mesopotamia was a civilization because...
Specialization of Labor, Government to force laborers to build them, complex institutions like religion
500
the type of government in Egypt that meant that all of the power was consolidated with the Pharaoh
What is a Centralized Government
500
Social inequality in Aryan Indian was based on this characteristic
What is skin color (varna)
500
This group of people led familial ancestor worship
What is the eldest men
500
This group from the Americas or Oceania demonstrated excellent Maritime Technology