Chapter 2 (from Study Guide) Flashcards
Why was Narmer famous?
He United Upper and lower Egypt
What are some major cities of the Indus Valley?
Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro
What countries make up the subcontinent of Asia?
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal
Why did Egyptians use mummification?
To preserve their dead.
What did the people of the Indus Valley use to construct their buildings?
OVEN-BAKED bricks (+ mud?)
What are monsoons and how did they effect India?
They were seasonal winds (dry or rain), made up climate / if they had enough to eat
Why did Egyptians build pyramids?
To hold the dead / mummies / dead pharoahs
Define theocracy.
When the leader of a country is seen as a Devine figure
What was Hammurabi’s code?
A list of 282 laws surrounding life in Babylon
Why did the Chinese adopt the idea of the Mandate of Heaven?
To justify their conquest OR a leaders overthrow of a dynasty
Who was Sargon and what did he create?
He was from Akadd, defeated surrounding city states of Sumer and created the first EMPIRE
Who was responsible for creating a true solar calendar of 365 days a year?
Egyptians
Define “citadel”
The central buildings/area of a city
Under what Chinese dynasty did feudalism develop?
Zhou (pronounced “Jo”) Dynasty
Describe the layout of the Indus Valley cities.
WITH PROPER PLANNING, laid out in 30ft Wife grid systems, included plumbing and sewer systems
What was a major advantage to Chinese writing?
All people from Chinese could read it, even if they didn’t speak it
(All different Chinese languages had same writing for all China)
EXPLAIN: How were all of the major early civilizations similar? Describe 3 ways.
All surrounded a major river that would flood, developed specific cultures/ religions, created some form of authority (dynasty, empire, used priests/pharoahs)
EXPLAIN: What did the construction of the pyramids reveal about ancient Egyptians?
They developed some understanding of mathematics and geometry
EXPLAIN: What role did major rivers play in the development of early civilizations?
Provided food, SOMETIMES improved travel, flooding could bring lots of food or terrible destruction, determine if they had enough to eat that year
EXPLAIN: What do you think is the most important achievement of each of the civilizations? Explain your answer.
Sumerian/Mesopotamia: The wheel
Egyptians: Calendar
Harappans: Pluming/ Sewage systems
Chinese: Their concept of money and unified language?
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?
It helped introduce law and punishment into the civilization, showed they developed organization/justice system
+ EXPLAIN: What religious beliefs did each of the civilizations develop? How did they differ?
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
