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