River Valley Civilizations Test Review

A specially trained person who knew how to read, write, and keep records.

What social class were the majority of Egyptians?

Ravana is one of the villains in the Indian epic..

The Hindu ideas about the repercussions from your good or bad deeds.

What was the first capital city of ancient Egypt?

The Great Pyramid is located where?

Who does this belong to?

A form of government in which rule is based on religious authority.

Queen of the New Kingdom who declared herself pharaoh.

Large temples and shrines built for the chief god or goddess of the city in ancient Sumeria.

The exchange of goods and services for other goods and services.

What is the name of the first emperor of Mesopotamia, who united the Sumerian city states?

Upper and Lower Egypt were united by what pharaoh?

Name of the two rivers in Mesopotamia that early civilizations were located around.

Who was the god of the Egyptian underworld?

What social class made up the majority of Egyptians?

The rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties?

The stone discovered by British archeologists that allowed us to learn hieroglyphics.

What movie is this?

The wedge shaped writing of the ancient Sumerians.

Name of the two rivers in northern India that will be center points of Indian civilization.

Term for when a Hindu achieves liberation from desires and suffering.

Which of the following two Chinese dynasties came first?

The process of birth, death, and rebirth into another life.

Name of the books used by Egyptians to help guide their souls through the afterlife

Term for the fortified area in early Indian cities that contained the major buildings.

Buddhist term for release from selfishness and pain.

What process is depicted in the picture?

Who is this?

Which Mesopotamian civilization first discovered how to smelt iron ore?

Who is this?

Which of the following empires interacted with the Greeks?

Term for the belief in more than one god.

Where is this located?

Name given to the first unified code of laws in Mesopotamia

Which of the following Mesopotamian empires is the oldest?

It is believed that the Indus Valley Culture ended because of what?

Drawings that represent words.

Which of the following was built by Shi Huangdi?

The process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another.