Vocabulary Terms Unit 1
Hunters and Gathers
What is Nomad
Name the first major city-state in Mesopotamia
What is Sumer
Devine permission from gods to rule over China. Must be a just ruler.
What is Mandate of Heaven
Along what river did Indus Valley Civilization develop along
What is Indus Valley River
rulers that were believed to be God-Kings
What is Pharoah
A change from hunting and gathering to farming
What is Neiolithic Revolution
First written language in Mesopotamia
What is Cuneiform
Name the two rivers Chinese civilizations developed along
What is Huang He river (yellow river) and Yangtze River
What caused the decline of the Indus Valley Civilizations
What is nobody knows for certain
Where did the Egypt emerge and along what river?
What is North Africa, Nile river
Tools used by humans to make life easier, examples include wheel and plow
What is Technology
Ruler in Babylon who wrote the first set of laws
What is King Hammurabi
The philosophy _____ emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity
What is Confucious teaching
Name 2 reasons why the Indus Valley Civilization was advanced
What is Traded with Mesopotamia, Advanced Cities, Indoor Plumbing, Multi-level homes
What are the five features of a civilization?
Advanced cities, written system, complex institution, Technology, social classes
Believe in multiple gods/goddess
What is Polytheistic
A place of worship stepped pyramid in Mesopotamia
What is Ziggurat
Why was the Chinese written language so difficult?
What is the number of characters
What are the seasonal winds called that dominated India's climate
What is monsoons
These were elaborate tombs
What is Pyramid
Mesopotamia was located here
What is Fertile Crescent
Along what two rivers did Mesopotamia develop along
What is Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What dynasty did the most construction on the Great Wall?
What is the Ming.
What idea in Hinduism helped reinforce the Caste System?
What is reincarnation
Around what time of the year was flooding season in Egypt?
What is summer or July