Civilization and Civilization Development
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Indus River/Ancient India
Assyria/Babylon!
100
The term/acronym we used this unit to describe the important contribution to civilization development
Water, Ocean, Rivers!!
100
The modern-day location of the Middle East.
What is the Middle East?
100
What continent does Egypt reside in?
What is Africa?
100
What was the significance of the Indus River?
What are Flat, well-watered, and when flooding occurred - deposited rich nutrients into the soil which give food to the harvest
100
Who created the Law Codes?
Who is King Hammurabi
200
“the name given to a number of cultural transformations that allowed humans to change from a hunting and gathering to agriculture and animal domestications.”
What is agricultural revolution?
200
Name ONE of the two rivers that flowed through Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris River? OR What is the Euphrates River?
200
The major river that flows through Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
200
How did "New" Mesopotamia happen? What two nations conquered the Sumerians?
What is Assyria and Babylon
300
A complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements
What is a civilization?
300
The name of the Mesopotamian king who created a list of laws that had equal punishment between two individuals ONLY if they were of equal rank.
Who is King Hammurabi?
300
TRUE or FALSE, an Egypt became a monotheist nation during the New Kingdom?
FALSE
300
How do archeologists know that Meso traded with Indus River?
What are seals found in excavation sites on Indus River products and goods.
300
Ashur is who?
City god of Ashur and national god of Assyria.
400
What are the four characteristics create of a civilization?
1. Centralized government
2. Surplus Crops
3. Trade
4. Build City
400
The area that Mesopotamia was located in that had lush soil and natural resources that helped the Mesopotamians grow food.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
King Khufu commissioned the Great Pyramid, what is this called?
The Giza:
400
What are the three theories as to why the Indus River Valley People vanished?
Conquest/War
Trade was halted!
Climate Change - No more rivers!
400
What is the decree that the King would receive from Ashur?
What is conquest needed to happen - if not the world will end! Basically the apocalypse will happen.
500
Name two advantages and two disadvantages to Agricultural Revolution and explain why!
Controllable food supply
Create a food surplus: takes less time and frees up more people…?
Can happen ANYWHERE in the world!
Disadvantages
Drastic changes to environment (our planet)
Hard work is hard :(
500
Who are the two major civilizations of Mesopotamia that created New Meso and "Old" Meso?
Sumerians and Assyrians
500
During which Kingdom in Egypt did people start viewing Pharaoh's like "shepherds" versus "god-chosen?"
What is the Middle Kingdom
500
Why was it better to settle in Indus River Valley than the Tigris and Euphrates?
Remember that flooding in the indus valley was regular - there was predictability and schedule
However - T&E was unpredictable, violent and difficult to navigate