What is the Fertile Crescent?

A piece of land that is very fertile and in the Middle East

Person who purposefully moves from place to place w/ seasons

China and the Middle East both have WHAT in common?

They both have plateaus, rivers, and mountains.

What is a caste system?

A social ranking where people were placed and kept in order

What influenced settlement in the Middle east?

Fertile Crescent & being close to a steady source of water.

What is the Middle east?

A unique region known as the "Cradle of Civilization"

What makes ancient India so diverse?

They accept peace and kindness and their many religions

Why were sons in India more important?

Valued & they could take care of their parents.

What is the Silk Road?

A route that led from China to Europe used for trade

Semitic people who were nomads and rode camels and traded.

What is a Golden Age?

Time of peace when arts, culture science & medicine flourish

What are the 3 major rivers that flow through India?

The Indus, the Ganges, and the Brahmaputra

What is a civilization?

Human development and organization that is advanced.

A fertile spot in a desert where water is found.

What good things did the first leader of India, Ashoka do?

Improved villages, free medical, asked everyone to be kind.

The universal law of nature; the teaching of Buddha.

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Ancient Civilizations!

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1
What man made barrier provided China with protection?
The Great Wall of China
The Grand Canal
The Terracotta Soldiers
The Temple of Confucius
2
What are the two major rivers that flow in the Middle East?
The Nile and the Euphrates
The Euphrates and the Yellow River
The Nile and the Jordan River
The Nile and the Huang He
3
Which one of these is NOT a major religion in India?
Confucianism
Sikhism
Buddhism
Hinduism
4
If an Indian woman became a widow she was often expected to ____________ herself.
Drug
Embarrass
Kill
Live with
5
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A place where everything dies and cannot grow in the East
A place where the farmland is crescent shaped in India
A piece of land that looks like a crescent moon in China
A piece of land that is very fertile and in the Middle East
6
When an Indian woman went outdoors she was expected to be completely? __________?
Dressed to impress
Covered
Semi-covered
Uncovered
7
What is a nomad?
A person who stays put no matter what's going on.
Person who purposefully moves from place to place w/ seasons
A person who stays where they are until a war breaks out.
Person who moves around when they can't live where they are.
8
Which one of these is NOT a Chinese belief?
Taoism
Confucianism
Buddhism
Hinduism
9
What are the two major natural rivers that flow through China?
The Huang He and the Grand Canal
The Yangtze and the Grand Canal
The Grand Canal and the Yellow River
The Yangtze and the Huang He
10
China and the Middle East both have WHAT in common?
They share the same Oceans.
They both have rainforests.
They both just have deserts.
They both have plateaus, rivers, and mountains.
11
In India, what type of rainstorms happen very frequently in the summers?
Heavy rainfall
Snow-rain
Monsoons
Thunder showers.
12
What mountain range does India share with China?
The Hindu Kush Mountains
The Tian Shan Mountains
The Ural Mountains
The Himalayan Mountains
13
What group of people tried to invade India?
The Chinese
The Egyptians
Th Aryans
The Mongolians
14
Who was NOT apart of the first people(s) to settle in the Middle East region?
The Babylonians
The Sumerians
The Mongolians
The Egyptians
15
What is a caste system?
A social ranking where people could move up & down
A social ranking where people choose where to go in rank
A social ranking where people were placed and kept in order
A social ranking where people were not kept in order
16
People of the Middle East first settled along which water features?
The Euphrates River and hot spring geysers
The Nile River and oases
The Tigris River and oases
The Jordan River and the ocean
17
What influenced settlement in the Middle east?
The Black and Red sea which provided salt for drying food.
Just the Fertile Crescent.
The rivers of the Middle East only.
Fertile Crescent & being close to a steady source of water.
18
What is the Middle east?
A unique region that is in the middle of Europe.
A unique piece of land that is central to every country.
A unique region known as the "Cradle of Civilization"
A unique landmass in the middle of the earth: slightly East.
19
What is the Eastern and Western Mountain range in India called?
The Ghats Mountain Range
The Hindu Kush Mountain Range
The Karakoram Mountain Range
The Himalayan Mountain Range
20
Which of these is NOT a natural barrier of China?
The Himalayan Mountains
The Gobi Desert
The Great Wall of China
The Tibetan Plateau
21
What makes ancient India so diverse?
They accept peace and kindness and their many religions
The acceptance of modesty and Buddhism all over India
The leaders India had
The peace and number pf people in India at the time
22
Why were sons in India more important?
Valued and could do everything a woman could do so why not?
Not value but they could take care of their parents
Valued & they could take care of their parents.
Not valued but they could cook a good meal
23
What is the Silk Road?
A walk way between an alley way to the temples of China.
A road lined with soft silk instead of dirt
A route that led from China to Europe used for trade
A road used only for making silk
24
Who were the Arabs?
Semitic people who were nomads and rode camels and traded.
Semitic people who traded and rode on horses.
Anti-Semitic people who rode on horses and killed everyone.
Anti-Semitic people who were nomads and traded goods.
25
What is the name given that we use to describe a Chinese leader?
An Emperor
A Maharaja
A King
A Magistrate
26
What is a Golden Age?
Time of peace when arts, culture science & medicine flourish
Time of peace when the iPhone was invented.
Time of peace when people are happy but nothing advances.
Time of agony when nothing advances, many people die
27
Which one of these items is NOT a Chinese invention?
Umbrella
Paper
Gun Powder
The Lightbulb
28
What are the 3 major rivers that flow through India?
The Yamuna, the Indus, and the Ganges.
The Indus, the Ganges, and the Brahmaputra
The Ganges, the Indus, and the Tapti
The Brahmaputra, The Ganges, and the Tapti
29
What is a civilization?
Human development and organization that is advanced.
Human organization and existence that may die out soon
Human organization and development that is going nowhere
Human development and organization that it not advanced
30
What is an oasis?
A fertile spot near the ocean where water is found.
A fertile spot in a desert where water is found.
A hot spring that shoots up water from the ground.
An underground well of water that cannot be seen.
31
What good things did the first leader of India, Ashoka do?
Improved roads, did not offer free medical care
Improved the medical system and paved roads
Improved villages, free medical, asked everyone to be kind.
Improved his palace, free medical care, asked for nothing
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What is Dharma?
A universal law that all religions must follow.
The universal law pf peace; the teaching of Ashoka.
The universal law of physics; the teachings of Newton.
The universal law of nature; the teaching of Buddha.

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