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Duplicate of Ancient River Valley Civilizations
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A religion that was founded by the indian prince Siddhartha Gautama who wanted to teach people to escape their suffering
Zoroastrianism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Judaism
2
Ancient Egyptian god of the underworld, according to myth he was the first mummy.
Ra
Osiris
Horus
Set
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The name of the one universal spirit in Hinduism
Smarta
Buddha
Krishna
Brahman
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The name for the original people of the Indus River Valley
Dravidians
Nepalese
Aryans
Bangladeshi
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After the Harappan civilization mysteriously fell apart, this group moved into India and gained power in the region.
Aryans
Phoenicians
Israelites
Persians
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The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most powerfully by...
the Nile River
chariot racing
the building of pyramids
invasions from other peoples
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Egyptian kings that were thought to be like gods were called __________.
Czars
Kaisers
Farrows
Pharaohs
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Hinduism is a _____________ religion because they believe that God is the universe and the universe is God.
animistic
polytheistic
pantheistic
monotheistic
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The idea in Hinduism and Buddhism that after a person dies their soul is reborn based on the deeds of their past life.
moksha
mandir
nirvana
reincarnation (samsara)
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Four books of knowledge that are the core text of Hinduism.
The Tripitakas
The Vedas
The Hadith
The Pali Cannon
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Seasonal winds that dominated India's climate. They brought floods in the summer and drought in the winter.
hurricanes
monsoons
cyclones
typhoons
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Where is the Indus River Valley on this map?
B
C
A
D
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In Buddhism, a state of perfect happiness and enlightenment
Nirvana
Samsara
Karma
Moksha
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In which river valley did people settle first in China?
Yangtze (Chang Jiang)
Huang He
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The Ancient Egyptians developed an accurate 365-day calendar by basing their year on..
the movements of the moon and the star Sirius
information found in Egyptian pyramids
the movements of the Earth around the Sun
old Sumerian calculations of weather
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Another name for the ancient settlements in the Indus River Valley is...
Hebrew Civilization
Sumerian Civilization
Harappan Civilization
Akkadian Civilization
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Unlike other civilizations, the Ancient Indus Valley people had __ systems to keep cities clean
sewer
electrical
transportation
political
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A form of government in which a King or Queen is the ruler.
Oligarchy
Democracy
Anarchy
Monarchy
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Which was the longest dynasty?
Han
Shang
Zhou
Qin
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The longest river in the world is the...
Yangtze River
Nile River
Indus River
Yellow River
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Falcon-headed god of the sky. According to Egyptian mythology his right eye was the sun and left eye was the moon.
Horus
Ra
Osiris
Set
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Large structure with a rectangular base and four triangular sides, used as a tomb for pharaohs.
Obelisk
Pyramid
Cathedral
Ziggurat
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A triangular region of fertile land at the mouth of a river.
crescent
pyramid
paragon
delta
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The oldest religion in the world that is still practiced today.
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
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A series of rulers from a single family is called a _______.
tyranny
hierarchy
dynasty
democracy
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Ancient Egyptian goddess whose tears flood the Nile and who created the first mummy (according to Egyptian myth).
Ra
Maat
Set
Isis
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The Egyptian process of preserving dead bodies by embalming and drying them is called _______.
irrigation
sacrifice
mummification
specialization
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Ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds.
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Sanskrit
Farsi
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Sand, soil, mud, etc. carried along by flowing water and deposited on the banks after a flood. It is very fertile.
loam
granite
limestone
silt
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What was the first dynasty in Chinese history?
Zhou
Xia
Shang
Han
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A plant that the Egyptians used to make a type of paper.
bamboo
papyrus
fern
32
The Mandate of Heaven was ...
A set of religious rules from the Xia Dynasty
The belief that the Chinese ruler was chosen by the gods
The belief that all rulers must come from the same family
Rules handed down by the Chinese rulers
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The tallest mountain range in the world. It is one of 2 mountain ranges that separates India from the rest of Asia.
Balkans
Taurus
Himalayas
Caucasus
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A form of government in which the laws are based on religious beliefs
Theocracy
Democracy
Anarchy
Monarchy
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Where is Ancient Egypt on this map?
A
D
C
B
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The sacred language of the Aryans
Hebrew
Phoenician
Farsi
Sanskrit
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The Ancient Egyptian religion was _____________.
monotheistic
polytheistic
animistic
shamanistic
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How was the Indus River Valley civilization different from other river valley civilizations?
They had advanced city planning
Their writing has not yet been translated
They were peaceful
All of these answers are correct