Water you talkin' bout
This river was at the center of ancient Egyptian life.
What is the Nile river
Mesopotamia means land between what?
What is "two rivers"
This title was given to the ruler of ancient Egypt.
What is a Pharaoh
This dynasty came before the Zhou.
A. Shang Dynasty
B. Ji-Li Dynasty
C. Zhang Dynasty
A. Shang Dynasty
What is one of Mr. Willis' dogs names?
Extra 100 points if you can also name the breed?
Nova/Lazlo
Husky/Lab
These two rivers were the major rivers of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
Mesopotamia's writing system was called this.
What is Cuneiform
Egyptian belief in many gods is known by this term.
What is Polytheism
Shang rulers used cattle bones and turtle shells like these to seek supernatural guidance.
What is oracle bones
Choose one team to challenge:
Each team send one person up to the table Mr. Willis chooses:
The winner get's 200 points!!
This farming technique allowed people to direct river water toward their crops.
a. slash and burn
b. mixed cropping
c. irrigation
What is c. irrigation
What was one of the first major cities in the Fertile Crescent?
a. Urun
b. Mesopolian
c. Uruk
d. Mesopam
c. Uruk
Egyptians preserved the dead through this process because of their beliefs about the afterlife.
What is mummification
Elaborate Shang objects made from this material communicated wealth, status, and ritual power.
What is bronze working
What is Mr. Willis' favorite class to teach?
a. US history
b. World History
c. English
b. World History
The Huang He is better known by this English name.
What is the Yellow river
Put these developments in a logical order: cities, farming, specialized jobs, surplus food, government and writing.
Farming → surplus food → specialized jobs → cities → government and writing.
This artifact contained hieroglyphs, Demotic, and Greek and helped scholars decipher Egyptian writing.
What is Rosetta Stone
According to this Zhou idea, Heaven could grant or withdraw a dynasty's right to rule.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
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Each team come up:
Winner get's 400 points!
Explain why rivers could be an opportunity for early civilizations?
What is, it allowed for more fertile soil which led to better farming.
With the domestication of animals, it led to an surplus of food in cities. It also led to more ___________
What is disease
Give two ways geography helped ancient Egypt experience long periods of stability.
What is the Nile river and the desert.
Will also accept the Mediterranean sea
Complete the pattern:
New dynasty → prosperity → ______ → crisis/rebellion → new dynasty
a. Surplus food
b. war and crime
c. corruption or weak rule
d. strong king or strong central authority
What is c. Corruption or weak rule
Who is Mr. Willis' favorite student at this school?
Mr. Willis is a man of the people you silly-billy, he does not have a single favorite student but instead finds solace in teaching all young minds. If you somehow guessed this then you earn 300 points. Hooray!