Mesopotamia
The name Mesopotamia means...
"(Land) Between the Rivers"
This was an Egyptian system of writing.
Hieroglyphs
The Indus River is located between which two modern countries?
India and Pakistan
The North China Plain is located between the Yangtze River and the...
Yellow River
This region in Egypt was named for the soil deposited after the Nile flooded.
Black Land
Mesopotamian cities were independent from each other, which made them...
City-states
The time period during which the pyramids were built was the...
Old Kingdom
Cities of the Indus River Civilization were laid out according to...
A grid pattern
The ___________ Dynasty is the first dynasty of China for which we have archaeological evidence.
Shang
Time period when humans begin extensively using metal tools.
Bronze Age
This poem follows the adventures of a legendary king who was 2/3 god and 1/3 human.
Epic of Gilgamesh
This term refers to the regular flooding that resulted in fertile, productive soil.
Gift of the Nile
This pattern of winds brought heavy rains.
Monsoon
These feature the earliest versions of Chinese characters.
Oracle bones
A series of rulers that are linked, often by a family connection.
Dynasty
This Babylonian ruler is famous for compiling a code of laws.
Hammurabi
This time is also called the Egyptian Empire.
New Kingdom
A granary is used for...
Storing grain
After the end of this dynasty, China fractured into a collection of warring states.
Zhou Dynasty
A system of rule where religious officials have political power, or where government officials have religious power.
This was a temple built on a series of stepped platforms.
Ziggurat.
Compared to Sumerian mythology, the Egyptian view of the gods and the afterlife was...
Optimistic
The first Indus city to be rediscovered was...
Harappa
This concept helped provide justification for rebellion if a ruler treated people unjustly.
Mandate of Heaven
This form of writing is named for its wedge-shaped symbols.
Cuneiform