What was different about the Nile River Civilization(NRC) and Indus River Civilization(IRC)?

The IRC also depended heavily on trade while the NRC did not

What was the significance of the river valleys by which the earliest civilizations developed?

Provided a water source to maintain a growing population

Identify the river valley civilizations.

Nile, Yellow, Indus, and Tigris-Euphrates civilizations

What was the social structure of the Indus River Valley civilization?

Clearly defined classes that allowed for no social mobility

What is "domestication"?

The modification of plants/animals to make them more useful

What is the Code of Hammurabi?

Earliest recorded legal code written to govern the people

What effect did agriculture have on early civilizations?

Allowed for greater populations and settled communities

What was another reason the first civilization develop in river valleys?

Water provides place to hunt and fish

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1
What is the name of a system of writing developed by the Sumerians between 3000-3500 BCE?
Hieroglyphs
Lingua Franca
Sanskrit
Cuneiform
2
Why were pyramids built ?
Wine tastings
Tombs for pharaohs
The beauty of the architecture
Religious prayer
3
What was different about the Nile River Civilization(NRC) and Indus River Civilization(IRC)?
The NRC was subject to constant attacks while the IRC wasn't
The IRC was not as technologically advanced as the NRC
The IRC also depended heavily on trade while the NRC did not
The NRC had a natural barrier against disease and war
4
What was the significance of the river valleys by which the earliest civilizations developed?
Information spread due to mass migrations to these areas
Provided a water source to maintain a growing population
They let peoples continue to mainly hunt instead of farm
Periodic attacks led to reestablishment of many cities
5
Identify the river valley civilizations.
Jamestown and Plymouth
Italy, Greece, and Australia
Israel, Palestine, and Jordan
Nile, Yellow, Indus, and Tigris-Euphrates civilizations
6
What commodity was the Yellow River Civilization famous for?
Porcelain
Ivory
Gold
Silk
7
What was the social structure of the Indus River Valley civilization?
Clearly defined classes that allowed for no social mobility
Homogeneous society in which no social classes existed
A society in which and social mobility was possible/common
Communities of people who rotated responsibilities
8
What is "domestication"?
Making plants/animals less reliant on human activities
The process of distributing land appropriately among crops.
The process of irrigating crops
The modification of plants/animals to make them more useful
9
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
Earliest recorded legal code written to govern the people
The code which gave full authority and power to the king
Set of laws enacted to oppress the population of rural India
A set of rules by which the samurai were bound
10
What effect did agriculture have on early civilizations?
Allowed for greater populations and settled communities
Lowered the amount of food due to its dependency on weather
More peoples switched to hunting due to its constraints
Decreased the level of disease in communities
11
which river valley civilization was the largest
Indus river
Tigris-Euphrates river
Yellow river
Nile river
12
What was another reason the first civilization develop in river valleys?
Water provides place to hunt and fish
Religious practices
Only option to go
Escape from invaders
13
Of the four ancient civilizations, which one was the first to develop wheeled vehicles?
Yellow River civilization
Nile River civilization
Indus River valley civilization
Tigris-Euphrates civilization
14
Another term for the Neolithic Revolution is ...
industrial Revolution
Paleolithic Revolution
Green Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
15
What did the new kingdom's pharaoh accomplish?
Nothing
Changed social and religious belief
Drove the Hyksos out of Egypt
Constructed buildings and monuments

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