Mesopotamia
This name refers to the fertile moon shaped land between the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf
What is: The Fertile Crescent?
What is: The Nile River?
These two rivers are the starting point for Chinese civilization
What are: The Yangtze River and the Yellow River?
What is the name for a government that has a religious leader?
What is: Theocracy?
This method of surviving by finding food was used by humans before the discovery of Agriculture
What is: Hunting and Gathering
The two major rivers found in Mesopotamia
What are: The Tigris and the Euphrates rivers?
Israel was the birth place of this Monotheistic religion
What is: Judaism?
This river valley was home to the earliest examples of Indian Civilization?
What is: The Indus River Valley?
This term refers to the belief in many gods
These geographic locations were the ideal place for nomadic wanderers to settle down and create farming villages
What are: River Valleys?
This code of Laws originated from Mesopotamia
What is: The Code of Hammurabi?
These code of laws were created by the Jewish people and influenced our government in the United States
What is: The Ten Commandments?
This rigid and firm social system was closely connected to Hinduism and the belief in Reincarnation
What is: the Caste System?
This term refers to the belief in ONE God
This new invention in farming helped to re-direct water away from the river towards the field of crops and increase productivity
What is: Irrigation
The word "Mesopotamia" translates to
What is: The land between two rivers?
The Pyramids were likely built by a small percentage (~25%) of these group of people in Egypt
Who are: Upper / Middle class Egyptians OR high status Egyptians
This idea refers to the belief that Heaven has given the Emperor the blessing to rule over the people of China
What is: The mandate of Heaven?
The majority of ancient civilizations had this type of religion
What is: Polytheistic?
The practice of Agriculture allowed civilizations to increase their population which led to
What is: Job specialization / Division of labor?
The three main empires of ancient Mesopotamia
What are: The Babylonians, Assyrians, and Sumerians?
This writing system was used by Ancient Egyptians for religious rituals and scared carvings
What is: Hieroglyphics?
(100 Bonus points if you can name the informal writing system used by the Egyptians)
This style of writing was used primarily by the Indus River Valley Civilization
What is: Sanskrit?
This code of Laws was the earliest example of a organized form of government
What is: The Code of Hammurabi?
The term used to describe the Age or Era where mankind stopped hunting and gathering and began to practice Agriculture
What is: Neolithic?