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Bronze Age Riverine Civilizations [Mr. Zocco]
Bronze Age Riverine Civilizations [Mr. Zocco]
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This is all about the ancient civilizations that began in river valleys.
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What is this image a depiction of?
An empire
The patriarchy
Polytheism
Social hierarchy
2
What form of writing did the ancient Chinese use?
inscribing
hieroglyphics
models
pictograghs
3
What did ancient Chinese priests use to communicate with the gods?
Clay tablets
Shang Di
Oracle Bones
Papyrus
4
What form of writing did the ancient Egyptians use? [This is mostly in tombs and other holy sites)
pictographs
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
Linear B script
5
Which is the area in southwest Asia that human civilizations first arose?
Greece
Egypt
Fertile Crescent
Peru
6
What is the bloodline of a ruling family called?
Shang
Dynasty
Mandate of Heaven
Kings
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What is the process of drying and preserving someone's body?
Mummification
Meditation
Burial ritual
Evaporation
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What were the seasonal winds that dominated India's climate and affect crops called?
Tornadoes
Typhoons
Hurricanes
Monsoons
9
What do we generally call the land mass that contains
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India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal called?
a subcontinent
an island
a continent
a peninsula
10
Who was the first ruler of united Egypt?
Jon
William the Conquerer
Narmer
Xerxes
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What is the belief in many gods?
Scientology
Monotheism
Cuneiform
Polytheism
12
What were the most common weapons used in Bronze Age warfare? [Used by the vast majority of soldiers in an army]
Spears and shields
Swords
Cavalry
Horse archers
13
Who is the legendary Mesopotamian king whose adventures are the subject of the 'earliest story'?
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
Solomon
Gilgamesh
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What ruler made a uniform code of laws to unify his empire? [The earliest recorded code of law]
Chang Jian
Cyrus the Great
Hammurabi
King Tut
15
What was the ancient civilization that had the first carefully planned cities?
Shang Dynasty [China]
Persian
Egypt
Indus River Valley civilization
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What were the ancient Egyptian pyramids used for?
Schools
Gathering places
Temples
Tombs
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When [generally] was the Bronze Age?
~4,000 BCE to ~800 BCE
1st century CE - 9th century CE
~800 BCE to ~ 1st century BCE
~15,000 BCE to ~4,000 BCE
18
A human ruler believed to have godlike powers or be a god in human form
Pharaoh
King
Ra
Bishop
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What is the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another called?
Cultural Diffusion
Mandate of Heaven
Nationalism
Enlightenment
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Where did the Shang dynasty exist in the Bronze Age?
Japan
Korea
Mongolia
China
