Unit 1: Ancient Worlds

Which of these were a valuable resource to ancient China's economy?

Egyptian religion was centered around the idea of the...

Which of the following would you most likely find in the Paleolithic Era?

Vocab: To move from one region to another

In Chinese philosophy, what symbolizes a balance of two forces?

Ancient Chinese did NOT value their ancestors

Vocab: A person who survives by hunting game and gathering wild plants

We don't know what caused the disappearance of the Indus River Valley civilization- but what causes are hypothesized?

The Egyptians were very isolated and never traded

What was the most common reason in which ancient people chose to migrate?

Vocab: A form of government in which the legal system is based on religious law.

Who were the first group of people between Egypt & Mesopotamia to practice monotheism?

Vocab: An amount of food leftover after requirements have been met

Which was a major city in the Indus River valley region?

The system of writing developed by Sumerians

The boomerang-shaped region of the present day Middle East, named for its rich soil

Most important & long-lasting effect that the Agricultural Revolution (Neolithic Revolution) had on people’s lives?

Vocab: The cultivation of plant goods and domestication of animals

What was the result of the Ancient China’s isolation by natural barriers?

Vocab: A series of rulers from the same family

Most ancient Egyptian pyramids were built as _______ for pharaohs and their families.

Vocab: A King of Ancient Egypt

True or False: The Sumerians of Ancient Mesopotamia were monotheistic

Which of the following groups made up the lowest level of the caste system?

Vocab: A picture representing an object, sound, or idea that was part of the ancient Egyptian writing system.

Vocab: An object of historical value made by human beings

Ancient Egypt sat along which river

Vocab: System in which people are grouped according to rank and power

What describes the harsh "eye for an eye" law code developed in Babylon?

Early Chinese government used irrigation techniques to lessen the damage that came w/ the flooding of the Huang He river

Vocab: A professional writer who recorded official information in ancient societies.

Which of the following characteristics made Indus River Valley communities so well known?

This artifact from the Shang Dynasty in Ancient China depicts pictographic language written on a(n)

True or False: Artisans making pottery was part of Neolithic society?

The period of time where people settled in permament communities & planted crops

What was something that was necessary for the development of early civilizations?

What geographic feature protected the Indus River Valley’s Northern region?

"Mesopotamia" literally means between two rivers; which rivers was this civilization between? Pick 2

The belief that the Chinese emperor had a divine right to rule given him by the god or divine force known as Heaven

The period of time where nomads moved place to place to find food