What was a major advantage of the Chinese system of writing?

People all over China could read it

What describes the Neolithic Revolution?

Change from nomadic lifestyle to farming

What was an important result of the Neolithic Revolution?

Food supplies became more reliable

Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley Civilization?

Its written language hasn't been deciphered

Egyptians used mummification to

Prepare the dead for the afterlife

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Early River Valley Civilizations

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1
What was a major advantage of the Chinese system of writing?
The Chinese writing system has not changed
Readers did not need to know many pictures to be literate
Many different river valley civilizations could read it
People all over China could read it
2
What was the legal code in Mesopotamia called?
Ancestral Worship
Hieroglyphics
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
Hammurabi's Code
3
What describes the Neolithic Revolution?
Using iron tools
Migration of people to the Americas
Change from nomadic lifestyle to farming
Decline in large empires
4
Which civilization adapted to their geography using the technique in the picture?
Egypt
China
Indus
Mesopotamia
5
Mesopotamia was also known as the
Fertile Crescent
Holy Land
Rooftop to the World
Land Next to the River
6
Oracle bones and the Mandate of Heaven are all associated with early civilizations in
China
Indus
Egypy
Mesopotamia
7
The Indus River Valley showed evidence of
Urban Planning
Dynastic Rule
Social Equality
Monotheism
8
Hammurabi's Code made punishment equal for all social classes...true or false?
False
True
9
Early civilizations developed mainly in
Areas with four seasons
River Valleys
Areas with abundant mineral resources
Mountainous regions
10
What was an important result of the Neolithic Revolution?
People became nomadic
Food supplies became more reliable
Fire was discovered
Populations declined
11
Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley Civilization?
There are few artifacts left over
Archaeologists haven't been allowed to explore there
It was only around for a short period of time
Its written language hasn't been deciphered
12
Sumerian cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphics were both early
Spoken langauges
Forms of writing
Legal codes
Systems for telling time
13
Ancient Egypt was located along what river?
Indus
Tigris and Euphrates
Nile
Yangtze
14
How were all four river valley civilizations similar?
They were monotheistic
They depended on fertile land
They depended on one another for trade
They were industrialized
15
The first people appeared on what continent?
Asia
India
South America
Africa
16
Ancient China was located along what river?
Indus
Nile
Yangtze
Tigris and Euphrates
17
How did the introduction of agriculture affect early peoples?
People began moving out of Africa
Food production declined
Civilizations developed
The birth rate decreased rapidly
18
Egyptians used mummification to
Create a system of picture writing
Preserve artifacts left behind
Prepare the dead for the afterlife
Speak to the dead

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