Early Civilizations Vocab Quiz Practice

This means that a society was divided into social class with some people higher and some lower

This means "more food than is necessary" which allows specialized jobs to develop

The philosophy of this man centered around proper behavior and relationships in society

This was the writing system devised by Sumerians and used by later Mesopotamian civilizations

This person was an advisor to the pharaoh in Egypt

These were people specially trained to write in a civilization

This was the writing system of the Ancient Egyptians

This was the river which was important to Egyptian society

This was a unit of government that included an urban center and the surrounding lands

This was the religious building of the Sumerian empire

This was the main important crop grown by the Olmec and the Maya

These were tall stone monuments built by the Maya which showed images of warriors and nobles

Most civilizations we studied had this, a way of bringing water to crops by diverting water

This is believed to be the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica

System of government where lords were loyal to the emperor, but ruled peasants on their land

These were families with a common ancestor that controlled areas of land in ancient China

These were skilled craftspeople in a civilization

These were the two rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia

Which civilization did NOT have a writing system we have deciphered?

This was used to help decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics

All 5 early civilizations we have studied had the following in common EXCEPT

This was a ruling family that handed down power.  Egypt and China had them.

This is the approval of the gods that a dynasty loses in China when a new dynasty takes over

This was the process of preserving a person's body for the afterlife in Egypt

These were used to predict the future by Chinese scholars

The definition is debatable, but in the textbook, a "complex, highly organized social order."

This is the civilization found on a subcontinent

This was the nickname for Mesopotamia, which had especially nice soil for growing crops

This is a group of city-states or territories controlled by one ruler

This means "the spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another."

In the Indus Valley civilization, buffalos and bulls were most likely ____________.

This man's philosophy emphasized harmony with nature and a relaxed government

This is a religion where many gods are worshipped.

This was the respect of a son for a father, the most important of Confucius' relationships

This was the flood story of a Sumerian king which showed religious beliefs

This was the main material used by Egyptians to record written language

This was the yellow soil deposited by the Huang (Yellow) River that made the river overflow

The fertile area of the Nile that opened to the Mediterranean Sea was called the _______.

The Chinese writing system was made up of these, which stood for individual words or ideas

This was the leader of the Egyptian government and society