Ch 2 Early River Valley Civilizations

The people of the Indus Valley laid out their cities on precise grids, what was the fortified area called?

Who were the first Chinese rulers to leave written records?

Jagged granite cliffs and boulders that turn the Nile into churning rapids?

What does the term Polytheism mean?

Which Mesopotamian group was the first to use the arch and the wheel?

A series of rulers from a particular family

Legendary Sumerian king who went on an unsuccessful quest for immortality?

The belief that a just ruler had divine approval?

Who was the creator of the world's first empire?

Which of the following is an Indus Valley city?

The final resting place of a pharoah?

Egyptian, Sumerian, and Chinese writing systems all developed from?

One way in which the Huang He, the Indus, and the Nile civilizations were similar is that they each?

The Tigris-Euphrates, Huang He, and Indus river valleys were centers of early civilization because?

One of the great achievements of the Indus Valley civilization was?

What law code believed in the "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" concept?

In contrast to the rulers of Sumer, the rulers of Egypt were considered to be?

The main political unit in Sumer was the?

Rich new soil?

One similarity found in both Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations is that each developed a?

A key geographic advantage of river valleys was its?

One similarity in the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Indian, and ancient Chinese civilizations was that they developed?

What is the name for the ancient area known as the "land between the rivers"?

Each city in Sumer and its surround land; functioned as an independent country does today?

Archaeological studies of the Indus Valley cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro show evidence of?

The river valleys provided rich soil for crops, as well as protection from ________?

One of the earliest works of literature in the world?

Who controlled Sumer’s early government?

Which of the following groups of people developed cuneiform writing?

Which of the following are rivers in the Fertile Crescent?