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Ancient River Valley
River Valley Civilizations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nomads | People without a permanent home who follow the food |
| Neolithic Revolution | The New Stone Age and the beginnings of Agriculture |
| Domestication | The taming of animals and plants...growing your own food from plants you cultivate and animals you raise |
| Hunter Gatherers | people who have to hunt game and find fruits, vegetables, and nuts that grow in the wild because they do not farm |
| How did the development farming impact the supply of food? | A surplus was created which enabled a division of labor |
| Ziggurat | pyramid-shaped temple in Mesopotamia |
| Polytheism | worship of many gods |
| Mohenjo-Dara and Harrappa | 2 Important Indus River Valley Civilizations |
| Hinduism | A polytheistic religion with its beginnings in the Indus River Valley, Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu are important gods |
| Dharma | In Hinduism it means a persons duty |
| Kharma | In Hinduism, it is what you receive for your actions in the present life |
| Caste System | A Hindu Social Structure with the Brahmins at the top and the Untouchables at the bottom |
| The Vedas | Hindu Religious Texts |
| Dynasty | The passing of the right to rule down the bloodline usually from father to son |
| Xia | According to oral tradition, this was the legendary 1st dynasty of China ruled by Emperor Yu "The Engineer" |
| The Mandate of Heaven | The idea in ancient China that as long as the Emperor rules in a good way, his dynasty will continue; however, if the emperor is evil, heaven will take away his dynasty's continuation |
| By domesticating Plants and Animals, not everyone had to produce food and new jobs were created. What is this called? | Division of Labor or task specialization |
| Specialization of labor resulted from a food ____________. | Surplus |
| Rich soil deposited by the foods in the river valleys is called? | Silt |
| The ancient Sumerian writing is called? | Cuneiform |
| Ancient Egyptian writing is called ? | Heiroglyphics |
| One of the oldest Code of Laws developed in ancient Mesopotamia around the 1800's BC....what Kings name does it bear? | Hammurabi |