Chapter 2 (from Study Guide)

Question 1

Why was Narmer famous?

Answer 1

He United Upper and lower Egypt

Question 2

What are some major cities of the Indus Valley?

Answer 2

Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro

Question 3

What countries make up the subcontinent of Asia?

Answer 3

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal

Question 4

Why did Egyptians use mummification?

Answer 4

To preserve their dead.

Question 5

What did the people of the Indus Valley use to construct their buildings?

Answer 5

OVEN-BAKED bricks (+ mud?)

Question 6

What are monsoons and how did they effect India?

Answer 6

They were seasonal winds (dry or rain), made up climate / if they had enough to eat

Question 7

Why did Egyptians build pyramids?

Answer 7

To hold the dead / mummies / dead pharoahs

Question 8

Define theocracy.

Answer 8

When the leader of a country is seen as a Devine figure

Question 9

What was Hammurabi’s code?

Answer 9

A list of 282 laws surrounding life in Babylon

Question 10

Why did the Chinese adopt the idea of the Mandate of Heaven?

Answer 10

To justify their conquest OR a leaders overthrow of a dynasty

Question 11

Who was Sargon and what did he create?

Answer 11

He was from Akadd, defeated surrounding city states of Sumer and created the first EMPIRE

Question 12

Who was responsible for creating a true solar calendar of 365 days a year?

Answer 12

Egyptians

Question 13

Define “citadel”

Answer 13

The central buildings/area of a city

Question 14

Under what Chinese dynasty did feudalism develop?

Answer 14

Zhou (pronounced “Jo”) Dynasty

Question 15

Describe the layout of the Indus Valley cities.

Answer 15

WITH PROPER PLANNING, laid out in 30ft Wife grid systems, included plumbing and sewer systems

Question 16

What was a major advantage to Chinese writing?

Answer 16

All people from Chinese could read it, even if they didn’t speak it
(All different Chinese languages had same writing for all China)

Question 17

EXPLAIN: How were all of the major early civilizations similar? Describe 3 ways.

Answer 17

All surrounded a major river that would flood, developed specific cultures/ religions, created some form of authority (dynasty, empire, used priests/pharoahs)

Question 18

EXPLAIN: What did the construction of the pyramids reveal about ancient Egyptians?

Answer 18

They developed some understanding of mathematics and geometry

Question 19

EXPLAIN: What role did major rivers play in the development of early civilizations?

Answer 19

Provided food, SOMETIMES improved travel, flooding could bring lots of food or terrible destruction, determine if they had enough to eat that year

Question 20

EXPLAIN: What do you think is the most important achievement of each of the civilizations? Explain your answer.

Answer 20

Sumerian/Mesopotamia: The wheel
Egyptians: Calendar
Harappans: Pluming/ Sewage systems
Chinese: Their concept of money and unified language?

Question 21

EXPLAIN: What is most important about Hammurabi’s code, both in terms of its value to the Mesopotamian society and what it reveals about that society?

Answer 21

It helped introduce law and punishment into the civilization, showed they developed organization/justice system

Question 22

+ EXPLAIN: What religious beliefs did each of the civilizations develop? How did they differ?

Answer 22

SUMERIANS: Believed in many gods, bleak/ Gloomy afterlife
EGYPTIANS: polytheism, theocracy
HARAPPAN / INDUS VALLEY: Similar to Hindu culture, priests like rulers
CHINESE: One god (Shang Di + lesser gods) ancestors bring good/bad luck