Complex Society vocab

Question 1

Mesopotamia rivers

Answer 1

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 2

Egypt rivers

Answer 2

Nile

Question 3

India rivers

Answer 3

Indus and ganges

Question 4

China rivers

Answer 4

Yangtze and Huang He

Question 5

Mesopotamia geographic conditions

Answer 5

walled city, irrigation, city-states

Question 6

Egypt geographic conditions

Answer 6

rivers flooding = silt and fertile soil, reeds, cataracts

Question 7

India Conditions

Answer 7

himalayas to the north, Monsoons

Question 8

China conditions

Answer 8

loess= silt, rains a lot, alleviated planes

Question 9

Written language - M

Answer 9

cuneiform on clay tablets

Question 10

Sargon of Akkad

Answer 10

initial ruler and unifier of Mesopotamia that changed the language to Akkadian

Question 11

Written language- E

Answer 11

Hieroglyphs- pictographic and phonetic
on papyrus– perishable
remains on stone, monuments, and buildings

Question 12

written language- I

Answer 12

Sanskrit- has not been decoded

written on palm leaves and seals

Question 13

written language- C

Answer 13

Chinese started in the shang dynasty

Question 14

Key texts- M

Answer 14

Gilgamesh (in Uruk)

Hammurabi’s code

Question 15

Key texts- E

Answer 15

book of the dead

Library of Alexandria

Question 16

Key texts- I

Answer 16

Rig Veda
Mahabharata
Ramayana- wife kidnapped epic

Question 17

Key texts- C

Answer 17

Oracle Bones

Sima Qian’s book

Question 18

Government Mesopotamia

Answer 18

city-states, Kings are between gods and earth, Sargon of Akkad, Babylonian empire

Question 19

Government Egypt

Answer 19

Pharaohs- god-kings, owned everything

Hatshepsut

Question 20

Government India

Answer 20

Rajas / kings
priests were important
Varna social scale

Question 21

Government China

Answer 21

Dynasties

Mandate of Heaven

Question 22

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 22

if the ruler is right heavens wont send bad signs

Question 23

Varna scale

Answer 23

social classing based on where people are born in priests- warriors - farmers and merchants - dependent laborers

Question 24

Religion Mesopotamia

Answer 24

Polytheistic
afterworld
King - in between

Question 25

Ziggurat Temple

Answer 25

shows specialized labor and importance of religion

platform in temple

Question 26

Religion Egypt

Answer 26

belief in the afterlife was strong– pyramids
Pharaohs lead religious rituals
Book of the dead

Question 27

Religion India

Answer 27

Vedic Religion– humans impact nature
Polytheistic
Dharma
Jainism

Question 28

Dharma

Answer 28

right way to act in the buddhist religion

Question 29

Religion China

Answer 29

Mandate of Heaven

Question 30

Family life/ gender M

Answer 30

marriage is a legal contract
Women entitled to parents property
adultery= death

Question 31

Family life/ gender E

Answer 31

matrilineal

mean had more power

Question 32

Family life/ gender I

Answer 32

men and women were almost equal
women could choose their spouse
housing based on wealth

Question 33

Family life / gender C

Answer 33

Having a daughter was disappointing

Question 34

Burial E

Answer 34

pyramids- things needed for the after life

Question 35

Burial I

Answer 35

w/ possesions

Question 36

Burial C

Answer 36

kings were buried with human sacrifices and bronze statues

Question 37

Accomplishments M

Answer 37

pottery

Question 38

Accomplishments E

Answer 38

pyramids

library of Alexandria

Question 39

Accomplish I

Answer 39

found seals
weights and measures
monetary systems

Question 40

Accomplish C

Answer 40

oracle bones
bronze
elephant tusks

Question 41

trade M

Answer 41

lumber

Question 42

trade E

Answer 42

gold from Nubia

silver, gold, cedar

Question 43

Trade I

Answer 43

seals found in other areas (M)