Unit 1 Review - World History

What do we call the time before history was written down?

What were the four river valley civilizations?

Another word for Neolithic Revolution is...

Hieroglyphics are to Egypt as _____________ is to Sumer

What did this help us translate?

The Indus River valley civilization had a very complicated and efficient

How would you describe the code of Hammurabi?

How old was King Tut when he died?

The Persian empire conquered neighboring lands and were generally tolerant to the natives.

Why was Egypt the gift of the Nile?

Hammurabi's Code contained both Civil and Criminal Law

An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority.

Which empire covered over two million square miles and held nearly half of the world's population?

Both Mesopotamia and Indus River Valley Civilizations were __________________

Where was the Indus River valley?

The area that surrounds Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt is called...

How many years had Otzi the Iceman been frozen in the ice?

What does Mesopotamia mean?

People are always adapting to the world around them.

Civil Law deals with the offenses against others such as murder.

Which one of the following is not one of the 3 moral laws of Zoroastrianism?

Deals with the private rights and matters of people

Recreation is one of the 7 characteristics of a civilization

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a civilization?

Sumer was a city state in Ancient Egypt

Zoroastrianism is a ...

Farming is one of the 7 characteristics of a civilization.

Which empire was responsible for creating the first alphabet?

What did places like Egypt, Indus, China, and Mesopotamia rely on?

The Nile River flows South to North

I would REALLY recommend knowing the 7 Characteristics of a Civilization......

How many years ago did history begin to be written down?

Iron working was NOT a valuable skill