Unit 1: Ancient Worlds

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

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

Vocab: To move from one region to another

Vocab: A series of rulers from the same family

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

Ancient Egypt sat along which river

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

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

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

The system of writing developed by Sumerians

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

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

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

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

True or False: The Sumerians of Ancient Mesopotamia were monotheistic

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

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

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

Vocab: A King of Ancient Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vocab: An object of historical value made by human beings

Vocab: The cultivation of plant goods and domestication of animals

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

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

Ancient Chinese did NOT value their ancestors

The Egyptians were very isolated and never traded

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

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

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

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

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

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