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Early River Valleys
Davis - SVHS- Chapter 2 Early River Civilizations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| World's first form of writing | cuneiform |
| Used by priests to answer questions to the gods | oracle bones |
| A person who makes things with his hands | artisan |
| The belief in many gods | polytheism |
| Approval from above that allows a Chinese ruler to have power | Mandate of Heaven |
| Process in which Egyptians preserve a dead person's body | mummification |
| Where one group of people will copy an idea from another group of people | cultural diffusion |
| An ancient form of paper used by the Egyptians | papyrus |
| A city and surrounding area that form their own independent government | city-state |
| What economic changes were brought about by growing cities? | building of elaborate irrigation systems, pursuit of jobs other than farming, & people became traders |
| What social changes were brought about by growing cities? | cooperation of many people, the emergence of social classes, & organization of religion |
| What was the economy of Ur based around? | agriculture |
| Between what two bodies of water will you find Mesopotamia? | Tigris & Euphrates |
| What technology was not developed by the Sumerians? | a calendar for planting seasons |
| What bodies of water are found in Egypt? | Nile River & Red Sea |
| Which direction does the Nile River flow? | North |
| What was the challenge of living on the Nile? | the flood waters of the Nile needed to flood just right for enough food production and protection of homes |
| What was the difference between Mesopotamia Kings & Egyptian Pharaohs? | Kings were messengers to the gods while Pharaohs were gods |
| Who was the Egyptian god who would weigh each human heart to decide their fate in the afterlife? | Osiris |
| What was the key to unlocking the mystery behind Egyptian Hieroglyphics? | Rosetta Stone |
| What two bodies of water would you find in the Indus River Valley? | Ganges & Indus |
| What two environmental challenges were people of the Indus Valley faced with? | unpredictable floods & monsoons |
| What items would you find in both an Indus Valley City and a Modern City? | streets on a grid system |
| What two rivers are located in China? | Huang He and Yangtze |
| Why did the Chinese give themselves a name that meant "The Middle Kingdom"? | because they saw themselves as being the center of the civilizied world |
| What were two environmental challenges that the people of China were faced with? | flooding & isolation from the rest of the world |
| What were the two authorities that governed life in Chinese culture? | family & emperor |
| What was the greatest technological achievement of the Zhou Dynasty? | the use of iron |
| Which of the following rivers flooded regularly allowing civilizations living along it to rely on it every year for food? | the Nile |
| Seasonal storms in South Asia? | monsoons |
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