Civilizations

Question 1

Where did civilizations come from?

Answer 1

result of neolithic revolution,

communities evolved in to complex societies

Question 2

What are the five characteristics of civilization

Answer 2

Advanced cities, Specialized Workers, Complex Institutions, Record Keeping, and Improved technology

Question 3

What are the cradles of civilization

Answer 3

places where people began to settle, grow crops, and start villages ( Civilization )
Most of these areas were in river valleys

Question 4

Jericho

Answer 4

Found in ancient Palestine near the Dead sea

Question 5

Catal Huyuk

Answer 5

Found in Anatolia ( Modern day Turkey)

Question 6

Stonehenge

Answer 6

monument begun in the Neolithic age and finished in the bronze age

Question 7

Mesopotamia

Answer 7

Land between the rivers, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (fertile crescent)

Question 8

Lifestyle and Agriculture of Mesopotamia

Answer 8

Rich Soil and a lot of crops led to the development of civilization

Question 9

Regions of Mesopotamia

Answer 9

Sumer was the first civilization in Mesopotamia

Question 10

Advanced Cities in Mesopotamia

Answer 10

cities- Ur, Uruk, and Eridu

high city walls

Question 11

Specialized Workers in Mesopotamia

Answer 11

Priests
warriors
scribes

Question 12

Complex institutions in mesopotamia

Answer 12

polytheism
city states
ziggurats

Question 13

improved technology in Mesopotamia

Answer 13

wheel

bronze

Question 14

record keeping in Mesopotamia

Answer 14

cuneiform
epic of gilgamesh
code of hammurabi

Question 15

Ancient Egypt is known as the

Answer 15

gift of the nile

Question 16

geography of egypt

Answer 16

located on the Nile river (Nile delta)
yearly flooding
natural barriers

Question 17

Advanced cities of egypt

Answer 17

pyramids, sphinx

Question 18

religion in egypt

Answer 18

polytheism(ra or re)
pharaoh
period of experiment with monotheism
closely tied to daily life

Question 19

specialized workers in egypt

Answer 19

pharaoh,
priests
nobles
merchants
peasants
slaves

Question 20

improved technology in egypt

Answer 20

mummification
calendar
area and volume
pyramids

Question 21

record keeping in egypt

Answer 21

hieroglyphics
rosetta stone
papyrus

Question 22

Old kingdom

Answer 22

pharaohs were god like and had absolute power, great pyramids were built

Question 23

Middle kingdom & new

Answer 23

expansion, pharaoh with less power

Question 24

Decline

Answer 24

defeated by romans

Question 25

Ramses

Answer 25

sought to increase the size of the empire and went on many military conquests

Question 26

Indus barriers

Answer 26

Himalayas and Hindu Kush

Question 27

Advanced cities Indus

Answer 27

Mohenjo Daro, Harappa, grid like layout, citadel

Question 28

Religion Indus

Answer 28

Polytheism | strong central authority

Question 29

Specialized workers indus

Answer 29

``` government leaders priests farmers engineers merchants scribes toy makers artists ```

Question 30

Improved technology Indus

Answer 30

sewer system | precisely cut bricks

Question 31

Record keeping Indus

Answer 31

based on pictograms | indecipherable

Question 32

Culture Indus

Answer 32

limited social difference prosperous (toys) lack of weapons animals were important

Question 33

decline Indus

Answer 33

soil theory climate change theory river change theory

Question 34

geography China

Answer 34

yangtze and yellow river unpredictable flooding natural barriers little farm land

Question 35

advanced cities china

Answer 35

Anyang city walls

Question 36

religion china

Answer 36

polytheism, ancestor worship, oracle bones, dynastic cycle, feudalism

Question 37

Specialized workers china

Answer 37

rulers, nobles, priests, warriors,

Question 38

Improved technology china

Answer 38

coined money, iron, roads and canals

Question 39

shang society

Answer 39

family centered to society, male dominated, strict social structure

Question 40

political system china

Answer 40

dynasties rule authority comes from gods feudalism

Question 41

record keeping china

Answer 41

1000's of symbols | written language different from spoken language