Grade 6 Midterm

The earliest Chinese civilizations started by which rivers?

It is the writing system seen here:

Followers of Buddhism base their beliefs on

During the Neolithic Period, the first civilizations established their communities by a body of water

Divination was the process by asking a diviner to contact an ancestor for guidance using oracle bones

He was the controversial leader of the Qin Dynasty of China

Latitudes closest to the equator have the highest temperatures

Because India juts out into the Indian Ocean, it is called the subcontinent

The Mesopotamian structure seen here

Getting used to one's environment and working with it, like Mesopotamians digging canals to control floods, is called

Buddhism rejects the caste system

Eventually Mesopotamia traded with Egypt. They shared ideas, goods and technologies. This is called

The two rivers of Mesopotamia are:

Under the Qin Dynasty, construction of the Great Wall of China began

Since Neolithic people were settled, this allowed them to build up their civilizations further

Mesopotamia was also known as

What advanced technologies did the Indus Valley houses have?

Judaism is the first major monotheistic religion.

This was the first dynasty of ancient China

Why was the Nile the center of Egyptian civilization?

Under the Shang, the Chinese writing emerged. It was called Oracle Bone Script or…

Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus and China are collectively known as

The Paleolithic Period, or Stone Age, describes the time when people were nomadic hunters and gatherers

When the Indo-Aryans conquered the people of the Indus Valley, they brought all of the following EXCEPT

It is the kind of map seen here

Egyptians and Mesopotamians were both monotheistic societies

China adapted to their mountainous environment by doing which of the following?

in Buddhism, it is the state of enlightenment and also the freedom from rebirth, allowing the soul to rest

What is the name for the form of picture writing used by the ancient Egyptians?

Egyptians engaged in mummification because they believed the soul reunited with the physical body in the afterlife

Geographic determinism refers to the factors that influence where people live?

The Neolithic Period is a turning point because

Egypt emerged on which continent?

How did the ancient Chinese select new dynasties to take over?

Why is our knowledge of the Indus Valley civilization limited?

A geographer studies

Most ancient societies gave men more rights and opportunities than women. This is known as

The mountains and deserts of China offered temporary isolation

The Neolithic Revoltuion marks a major shift because historians credit it with

In Hinduism, the rebirth of the soul is reincarnation. This is the only was to move up the caste system

The item seen here, lit during Hanukkah in Judaism

Confucius believed in

The Great Wall was built to keep invaders out of China

Mohenjo-Daro and _______________ were major cities along the Indus River Valley.

Cuneiform was developed in which Mesopotamian city?