Rule based on religious authority.

What is the problem with the Indus Harappan written language?

It has not been deciphered yet.

What are the six characteristics of a civilization?

Cities, Government, Religion, Social Structure, Art & Architecture, Writing

The period of time before written records.

Which of the following does NOT describe cities in the Indus Valley?

A jumble of buildings and a maze of winding streets.

The period of time that started with written records.

Agriculture led to the development of civilization, what was a result of farming?

The pop. grew because they had a consistent food supply.

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

Agriculture/Domestication of animals

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

Divine approval from the gods to rule or lose power in China

Has own laws/gov. and is like an independent country.

studbud

Duplicate of Unit 1 - Ancient Civilizations/River Civilizations

23 termsStudBud Administration99 plays

Unit 1 - Pre-history to ancient River Valley Civilizations.

Flashcards23 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 23

Answers

1
Define theocracy.
Rule based on religious authority.
A government ruled by only one god.
A government with a pharaoh.
Divine rule from the Mandate of Heaven.
2
What is the problem with the Indus Harappan written language?
It has not been deciphered yet.
It is the same written language for diff. spoken languages.
It is on the Rosetta Stone.
It has over 10,000 characters.
3
What do you call the Egyptian writing system?
Cuneiform
Phoenician Alphabet
Hieroglyphs
Pictographs
4
What is the definition of the Neolithic Age?
New Stone Age
Old Stone Age
Iron Age
Bronze Age
5
Define monotheism.
The belief in many gods.
When a government is ruled by one ruler.
The belief in one god.
A government with more than one ruler.
6
Mesopotamians built ________________ to worship their gods.
Hebrew temples
Pyramids
Citadels
Ziggurats
7
What is the definition of the Paleolithic Age?
Bronze Age
New Stone Age
Old Stone Age
Stone Age
8
Having a food surplus led to the creation of _________________ ?
Silos
Social classes
Annual floods
Religion
9
The Egyptians used the pyramids for ___________ .
palaces
temples
protection
tombs
10
What are the six characteristics of a civilization?
Cities, Government, Religion, Social Structure, Art & Architecture, Writing
WrittenLaws, Arg., Citystate, ComplexInstitutions, Religion
11
What is prehistory?
The period of time when written records began.
The period of time that consists of prehistoric man.
The time frame from the Big Bang to human evolution.
The period of time before written records.
12
Which of the following does NOT describe cities in the Indus Valley?
Running water, bathrooms, and sewers.
Cities laid out in a grid system.
Fortified citadels and earthen levees.
A jumble of buildings and a maze of winding streets.
13
What is history?
The past.
The period of time that started with written records.
The period of time from the Big Bang to prehistoric humans.
The period of time before written records.
14
How did people get food during during the Paleolithic Age?
Domesticated Animals
Farming
Hunting and Gathering
Slash and Burn
15
What were the tools made of during the Paleolithic Age?
Copper
Stone
sticks
Iron
16
What was the Mesopotamian writing system called?
Cuneiform
Ideographics
Hieroglyphicc
Phoenician Alphabet
17
Agriculture led to the development of civilization, what was a result of farming?
The pop. grew because they had a consistent food supply.
People became nomads.
People settling on rivers.
The population decreased.
18
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
Agriculture/Domestication of animals
Nomads
Monotheism
Feudalism
19
What type of religion did the Sumerians practice?
Polythesism
Monothesism
Judaism
Theocracy
20
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The power given to the pharaohs to rule Egypt.
Divine approval from the gods to rule or lose power in China
When God had Abraham start the Hebrew faith.
Oracle bones used to communicate with ancestral spirits.
21
Which Egyptian pharaoh died at a young age and his death remains a mystery to this day?
Tutankhamen (King Tut)
Ramses III
Nebuchadnezzar
Ramses II
22
Define a city-state.
When religion controls the state.
A group of countries controlled by one gov.
A family of rulers who rule for a period of time.
Has own laws/gov. and is like an independent country.
23
What is polytheism?
Many countries controlled by one country.
The belief in many gods.
The belief in one god.
A series of rulers from one family.

Duplicate of Unit 1 - Ancient Civilizations/River Civilizations Flashcards | StudBud