Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia formed between these 2 rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This is the river that flowed through Egypt allowing for fertile lands and transportation.
What is the Nile River?
These are the 2 important rivers in the IRVC.
What are the Indus and Ganges Rivers?
These are the two rivers that flowed through China allowing for fertile lands and transportation.
What are the Yellow (Huang He) River and Yangtze River?
Humanity originated in this continent.
What is Africa?
The first written laws for people in the Mesopotamia region, known for being very harsh.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This is what Egyptian kings and queens were called.
What are pharaohs?
Social organization developed in Ancient India in which groups of people are divided into distinct social classes.
What is the Caste System?
The idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
King Cyrus is best known for helping this group of people return to their homeland.
Who are the Hebrews/Jewish people?
This is the wedge-shaped writing system of Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
What is the name of the first type of paper?
*Hint: It shares the name of the plant it comes from*
What is Papyrus?
Name the seasonal wind pattern that dominates India's climate and provides both beneficial rainfall but also major flooding and harmful winds.
What are monsoons?
This major geographic feature divides China from India.
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
This is the religion of Persia.
What is Zoroastrianism?
Sumerians worshiped their gods in temples known as _____.
What are ziggurats?
This major geographic feature West of Egypt protected the civilization from invaders.
What is the Sahara Desert?
List the 2 major cities of the IRVC.
What are Harappa and Mojenjo-Daro?
This is the first dynasty that united China after the Warring States Period.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
Due to their reliance on _______________, Paleolithic humans lived a ____________ lifestyle.
What is "hunting and gathering" and "nomadic"?
Name one of the major inventions from Mesopotamia that improved agriculture.
What is wheel, plow, or irrigation?
Egyptian government was based in their religious beliefs. This is the name of that type of government.
What is a theocracy?
Name 1 feature of modern cities that can be traced back to the IRVC.
What is the city grid system? What is plumbing? What are levees?
Name 3 major inventions from China.
What are paper, silk, porcelain, gunpowder, fireworks, compass, printing press?
This is the gradual spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another
What is cultural diffusion?