River Valley Review

What river was Indian civilization based around?

Silk, paper, and porcelain all came from

What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?

Who established the Caste system in India?

Which civilization contributed silk, paper, and porcelain to the world?

Wedge shaped characters

Which statement best describes the importance of the Ten Commandments?

What are the mountain ranges to the North of India?

What was the purpose of the Chinese Civil service system?

The type of government that best describes early Mesopotamia was that of

Which term means the spreading of the Jewish people to different parts of the world?

Who was the original leader of the Hebrews?

What philosophy from China is about the balance of opposites?

One achievement of the Indian Civilization was the

Which empire had contributions in math, medicine, astronomy, textiles, and literature during the Golden Age of India?

Which early civilizations had hereditary rulers called pharaohs?

Who created the first alphabet?

What are kings in Egypt called?

Which civilizations settled near the Nile River and Delta in Africa?

What empire leads India through a Golden Age?

Which statements best explains the successful unification of other cultures under Persian control?

What would the caste system in India determine for each individual?

Which early civilization used wedged-shaped marks called Cuneiform on clay tablets?

What's the river in Egypt?

A family of rulers who passes power hereditarily

The Vedas and Upanishads are sacred writings of which major religion?

A type of government where they rule in the name of God/Gods

Who had the first alphabet?

Which river valley existed in Southwest Asia closest to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

Which empire practiced the religion of Zoroastrianism?

To where did Asoka's missionaries spread the ideas of Buddhism?

Mesopotamia is also called -

The worship of one god

Who is on the bottom of the Caste system? (outside of the caste system)

What is the trade route in China?

Who created Imperial Bureaucracy?

Where was Zoroaster from?

All were major reasons why early permanent settlements developed in river valleys except -

Who is considered to be the father of the Israelite people according to the origins of Judaism?

What is the first written law code? (an eye for an eye)

Who first created the concepts of Heaven and Hell?

The earliest cities were located next to which important geographical features?

What are the moral laws of the Hebrews called?

Who leads the Hebrews out of Egypt during the exodus?

Leaders in early civilizations often gained power through -

In which form of government does the power rest in the hands of religious leaders?

The worship of many Gods

What are the sacred books for Hinduism?

What is the sacred text of the Hebrews/Jews?

Which ancient civilizations became the first to practice monotheism?

Which is most associated with the ancient language of Sanskrit?

Which religion traces its origins to Abraham?

Who were the first people to be monotheistic?

What river does Chinese society begin?

The Hebrews are later called -

What is the desert in northern Africa called?

The Torah contains the written records and beliefs of which civilization?