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River Valley Review 1
River Valley Review 1
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The plow, as seen here...is one of many achievements/inventions of the:
Chinese
Mesopotamians
Egyptians
Harrappans
2
The geographic feature that had the greatest influence on Egyptian culture was:
Nile River
Red Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
3
The defining characteristic of polytheistic religions is_________
the belief in many gods and goddesses
The eternal struggle between good and evil
past actions control the destiny of each person
beings undergo many cycles of death and rebirth
4
Hammurabi's Code was...
Equal to everyone
Had harsh punisments
5
The 2 Rivers of the Chinese Civilization were:
The Huang He & Yangtze
The Tigris & Euphrates
The Nile & Congo
The Indus & Ganges
6
The Chinese political idea that gave leaders the right to rule
Gift of Ra
Mandate of Heaven
Hammurabi's Code
The Benediction of Benedetti
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The type of government that best describes early Mesopotamia was that of _______
populated provinces
independent city-states
several satraps
two kingdoms
8
Geographic features that isolated China were:
Mountains
Deserts
Seas
All the Above
9
The written language of Egypt
kanji
cuneiform
pictographs
hieroglyphics
10
These Oracle Bones were used to predict the future by:
Harappans
Mesopotamians
Chinese
Egyptians
11
The Mandate of Heaven changed government in China because:
priests used Oracle Bones to choose new rulers
it gave people "permission" to fight to take down bad rulers
Heaven (the gods) told dynasties that they could not rule
it caused long wars between families
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All river valley civilizations had all of these except:
systems of government
direct trade with every other river civilization
irrigation of crops
systems of writing & record keeping
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A family of rulers that hands down political power generation to generation
Dynasty
Empire
Social Class
Theocracy
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The 2 Rivers of the Harrapan Civilization were:
The Huang He & Yangtze
The Nile & Congo
The Tigris & Euphrates
The Indus & Ganges
16
This river flows north and spills into the Mediterranean Sea
Tigris
Nile
Indus
Euphrates
17
The first written language
cuneiform
pictographs
kanji
hieroglyphics
18
Which ancient culture was between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Harappa
Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia
Classical China
19
The climate of the subcontinent is dominated by:
Rain and cool weather
monsoons
Deserts
Heat and dryness
20
The 2 Rivers of Mesopotamia were:
The Huang He and Yangtze
The Indus and Ganges
The Tigris and Euphrates
The Nile & Congo
21
All of these river valleys had unpredictable flooding except:
Indus
Huang He
Mesopotamia
Nile
22
Cities "B" and "C" are within which ancient river valley culture?
Nile
Tigris-Euphrates
Indus
Huang He
23
This culture has planned cities and plumbing
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Indus
Huang He
24
A key idea from Hammurabi's Code was...
Equality under the law
women had more rights than men
innocent until proven guilty
25
What was NOT a result of living in settled villages?
Job Specialization
Nomadic Lifestyle
Domestication of Animals
Culture
26
The first of the Monotheistic religions was -
Judaism
Atheism
Hinduism
Confucianism