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River Civilizations
Vocabulary and Key Concepts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This word means 'land between the rivers'. What is the word and to which rivers does it refer? | Mesopotamia; Tigris and Euphrates |
| Which group of people divided the circle into 360 degrees and the hour into 60 minutes? | Babylonians |
| In which modern day country does Mesopotamia lie? | Iraq |
| Around what river that floods annually did Egyptian civilization arise? | The Nile |
| Which ancient Egyptian structure is over 755 feet square at its base and 481 feet high and contains over two million blocks of stone each weighing about two and a half tons? | The Great Pyramid (Pyramid of Khufu or Cheops) |
| Where did civilization first arise in India? | Indus River Valley |
| Which two of the world's greatest religions began in India? | Hinduism and Buddhism |
| I was born in 331 B.C. One of my central teachings was the concept of jen, which means the kindness and love humans should have for each other. I also spoke about the relationships people should have with one another. Who am I? | Confucius |
| Along which rivers in China did early civilization first develop? | The Yangtze and the Huang He, or Yellow River |
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