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Eastern World Grade 6
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The
main
reason these civilizations were able to develop
Religious systems based on nature to answer mysteries
Achievements like math, engineering, medicine and sciences
Favorable geographic characteristics including rivers
Governments that required slavery to build great structures
2
Cuneiform : Mesopotamia as _________________: Egypt
calligraphy
phonetics
pictographs
hieroglyphics
3
NOT
a nickname for Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
Birthplace of Civilization
Gift of the Nile
Land Between 2 Rivers
4
Agricultural practices and settling down leads to a surplus, which leads to__________ next.
religion
specialization
trade
domestication
5
The Ancient River Civilization where pyramids would be found
yellow shaded area
blue shaded area
green shaded area
red shaded area
6
Oracle Bones, Ancestor Worship, Dynasties and Mandate of Heaven go with:
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Indus
Ancient China
7
Within the social structure, the group with the highest population of people were usually
Kings, Priests and Nobility
Peasants and Farmers
Artisans and Merchants
Scribes and Warriors
8
Which is NOT a geographic characteristics that affect where people settle
rivers
deserts
mountains
climate
9
Many of today's ideas of punishment fitting the crime diffused from :
Shang Code
Gilgamesh's Code
Ramses II Code
Hammurabi's Code
10
The city of Mohenjo-Daro is believed to have been built around 3000 BCE. That is
about 6000 years ago
about 3000 years ago
too many to count
about 5000 years ago
11
Ziggurats, Gilgamesh, Cuneiform and Cylinder Seals go with:
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient China
Ancient Indus
12
So low, they weren't even part of the Aryan the caste system in Ancient Indus
untouchables
peasants
minions
slaves
13
The language that could not be deciphered
Mesopotamian Cuneiform
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Aryan Sanskrit
Harrapan original language
14
This was NOT a reason early farmers wanted to control the water from the rivers
Create a strong economy
Provide stable water supply for plants and animals
Irrigate crops
Protect homes and property from floods
15
The Silk Road was not really made of silk, rather many valuables were traded on this route.
This harmed diffusion of ideas
This contributed to diffusion of ideas
This did not affect diffusion of ideas
Diffusion D"shmoozin!
16
Another name for silt for which the huang He River is named:
loess
loss
lose
less
17
Which agricultural practices diffused and are still used today from ancient times?
John Deere and Massey-Ferguson, Scag and MTD
sewing, baking, cleaning and housework
Ox, plow,sowing grains, irrigation, cotton, granaries
clay, bricks, architecture and engineering
18
A mountain range with huge mountains keeping China and Indus from trading for a long time!
Great Smoky Mountains
Zagros Mountains
Himalayan Mountains
Taurus Mountains
19
The best description of the religion of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
nontheism
polytheism
theocracyism
monotheism
20
Fill in the blank:
3000 BCE Mohenjo Daro,___________, 600 BCE Buddhism, 1922 Indus ruins found
c. 1 CE First non-stop voyages from Egypt to India.
1947 India gains freedom from British rule
900 BCE Aryans settle in the Ganges river Valley
5500 BCECotton cultivation begins in the Indus valley
21
All 4 River Civilizations we studied had
all
of these
EXCEPT
a surplus of food allowing for specialization
ziggurats for the government workers
social structures dividing people into classes
some form of religious practices and beliefs
22
Which is true of City-States
Pharaohs owned all of the land within them
They were Chinese Dynasties near the Huang He
They were smaller than a city but bigger than a state
They were land within Sumer in Mesoptamia
23
The Ancient River Civilization First Credited with the use of the wheel is:
The one shaded blue
The one shaded green
The one shaded yellow
The one shaded red
24
All 4 river civilizations were mainly in the
temperate rainforest
temperate climate
polar climate
tropical climate
25
The disappearance of the Ancient Indus Valley may have been due to a natural disaster. This is:
a social pull factor
a political push factor
an environmental pull factor
an environmental push factor
26
Indus' Aryan social structure in which people were expected to follow the sutras is called the
caste system
sharia system
social system
solar system
27
Strong seasonal winds bringing wet and dry seasons to Ancient Indus
sarcophogi
monsoons
typhoons
tornados
28
Pyramids, Pharaohs, Obelisk, Embalming go with:
Nile River Valley Civilization
Harappan Civilization
The Fertile Crescent
Ancient China
29
Great grid layouts of cities, sewage systems, and standard weights and measures for trade show:
The Importance of the Caste system
A great Government must have been in place
Fantastic Indus Religious system
Favorable Geographic Characteristics in Indus
30
___________ of plants and animals led to settling down, division of labor, trade and more
deforestation
domestication
economy
specialization
31
Evidence that leaders were theocratic rulers
They were priest-kings
They were parliament
They were presidents
They were prime ministers
32
Each river civilization's top of the social hierarchy (social structure)
scribes/warriors/nobles
kings/pharaohs/priest-kings
Mr. Sable/Mr. Farson/Mrs. Knapp
peasants/farmer/slaves
33
Ancient Egypt: the use of canopic jars, sarcophagus and pyramids were used to aide in the:
social structure
reincarnation
afterdeath
afterlife
34
Common to all 4 Riv Civs, it directly resulted in fertile soil for increased crop production
papyrus
clay
domestication
silt
35
The kept records of trade, births, deaths, taxes, property and more for the government
Scribes
Merchants
Pharaohs
Artisans
36
Ancient China belief that leaders were chosen to rule from God/gods
Oracle bone Mandate
Polytheism Mandate
Pyrotechnic Mandate
Mandate of Heaven
37
Sumer, Babylon, Assyria were cities that would go in present day
Pakistan
Egypt
China
Middle East
38
The River Civilizations that traded using the Mediterranean Sea
China and Indus
Mesopotamia and Indus
Mesopotamia and Egypt
Indus and Egypt
39
These were and still are all-important in saving fields and homes from flooding
dams and levees
irrigation ditches and canals
terrace farming
sewer systems
40
Organized grid system cities, sewers and the Great Bath go with:
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient China
Ancient Indus
41
The river civilization located in current day Pakistan
green shaded area of map
red shaded area of map
blue shaded area of map
yellow shaded area of map
42
This picture show a way people adapted to mountain farming, especially in Ancient China
terrorist farming (lol)
irrigation farming
subdivided agricultural field
terraced faming
43
City-States, Dynasties and Empires acted as
Achievements
Geographical Characteristics
Governments
Social Structures