Kevin’s Cards about the Sumerian, Egyptian, Indus, and Chinese Civilizations

Question 1

What happened during 10,000 B.C.

Answer 1

The last major Ice Age ended

Question 2

What happened during 7,000 B.C.

Answer 2

People in Mesopotamia farm and herd domesticated animals

Question 3

What happened during 3300 B.C.

Answer 3

Sumerians live in city states and develop cuneiform

Question 4

What happened during 3100 B.C

Answer 4

Egypt is unified by King Narmer

Question 5

What happened during 2900 B.C.

Answer 5

The Egyptians fully developed hieroglyphics

Question 6

What happened during 2575 B.C.

Answer 6

The Egyptians start building the pyramids at Giza

Question 7

What happened during 2500 B.C.

Answer 7

The Indus River civilization start developing cities

Question 8

What happened during 2300 B.C.

Answer 8

Sargon and the Akkadians capture Sumer

Question 9

What happened during 2000 B.C.

Answer 9

Civilization starts along the Yangtze and Yellow River

Question 10

What happened during 1780 B.C.

Answer 10

King Hammurabi of Babylon makes Hammurabi’s code

Question 11

What happened during 1700 B.C.

Answer 11

The Shang dynasty rules China

Question 12

What happened during 1470 B.C.

Answer 12

Queen Hatshepsut builds her temple at Thebes

Question 13

What happened during 1360 B.C.

Answer 13

Tutankhamen restores original deities in Egypt

Question 14

What happened during 1250 B.C.

Answer 14

Ramses the great builds temples at Abu Simbel

Question 15

What happened during 580 B.C

Answer 15

The Babylon civilization reaches its height under King Nebuchadnezzar

Question 16

Maps can help us understand what

Answer 16

Civilizations

Question 17

The concept of place refers to what

Answer 17

The unique characteristics that distinguish one location from other locations

Question 18

The Arabian Sea is one of the several geographic features that provided a benefit for the people living in the Indus Valley. What was the benefit

Answer 18

Protection

Question 19

What was the largest ancient civilization

Answer 19

The Indus Valley

Question 20

Domestication of animals increased what aspect of human life

Answer 20

It increased people’s odds of survival a bit more

Question 21

Three things must be in place for a civilization. What are these requirements

Answer 21

A surplus of food, division of labor, and have built cities

Question 22

The English word civilization comes from the Latin root meaning what

Answer 22

Civitas, which means city

Question 23

What was one main reason civilization developed in areas with rivers

Answer 23

The rivers flooded regularly and deposited rich soil that supported abundant crops

Question 24

What gifts did the Nile bring

Answer 24

Drinking water for people and domesticated animals, and avenues for trade

Question 25

By the end of the Third millennium B.C., civilization was spreading from the River valleys of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China into rain-watered lands. What cause this expansion

Answer 25

Trade, travel, and warfare spread ideas and technology from one culture to another

Question 26

What became instruments of war

Answer 26

The horse and horse drawn chariots

Question 27

By the end of the 3rd millennium B.C., rulers began using armies to do what

Answer 27

Conquer others

Question 28

One civilization developed on the island of Crete in what is now southern Greece. What was it called

Answer 28

Minoan

Question 29

When did the Minoan people of Crete reach its peak

Answer 29

1600 B.C.

Question 30

What did the Hitties do

Answer 30

By about 1350 B.C., the Hitties were building a civilization in Asia Minor. They would eventually take over all of the land between the Mediterranean and Black Seas

Question 31

What did the Assyrians do

Answer 31

The Assyrians built yet another empire about at 1300 B.C. in northern Mesopotamia

Question 32

What did the Persians do

Answer 32

The Persians managed to put together a mighty empire that stretched across the Middle East. By then it was 525 B.C.

Question 33

In ancient Sumer, people built huge temples for the gods, while in Egypt they erected monumental tombs for their rulers. What were these two buildings called

Answer 33

Ziggurats and Pyramids

Question 34

What did the farmers in India do

Answer 34

They cultivated cotton

Question 35

What did the Chinese do

Answer 35

They unraveled the mystery of silk

Question 36

Each civilization created their own form of what

Answer 36

Writing

Question 37

What kind of writing existed in Sumer, Egypt, and China

Answer 37

Sumer has cuneiform, Egypt has hieroglyphics, and China has calligraphy

Question 38

Each culture developed noteworthy such as what

Answer 38

Ziggurats, pyramids, and walled cities

Question 39

Governments were another fruit of the first civilizations. What did the Governments do

Answer 39

Powerful kings organized workers, divided the labor, and directed big projects. They said when to plant or harvest, and where to dig canals

Question 40

As cities grew and empires spread, more and more people came into contact with each other. What did rulers do with this

Answer 40

Rulers and their governments created laws to control and protect the people. They used armies to enforce their laws and their will

Question 41

What was Egyptian clothing made up of

Answer 41

Egyptian clothing was made of linen, woven from flax

Question 42

Ideas are among the most important what

Answer 42

Fruits of any civilization

Question 43

The ram served as what

Answer 43

The ram served as a beast of burden

Question 44

How did people get a surplus of food

Answer 44

People gradually got better at planting and growing crops. They invented plows, spades, and hoes to improve agriculture. With such advances, farmers could grow more food than their families could eat.

Question 45

How did people get a division of labor

Answer 45

Because there was a surplus of food, some men and women were free to do other special jobs. They could dig canals, make pots or build houses. Everyone did something important, but not everyone had to do the same thing

Question 46

How did people build cities

Answer 46

With more and more people living closer together- to be near crops or herds- first villages and then cities began to appear. And with the building of cities, we can truly say that “civilization” had begun

Question 47

What did rivers provide

Answer 47

Irrigation, flooding left fertile soil, irrigation increased surplus, trade routes, and drinking water

Question 48

Where did most early agriculture take place

Answer 48

In rain watered lands

Question 49

What are rain watered lands

Answer 49

Lands that had enough regular rainfall to grow crops without irrigation

Question 50

What is more dependable: Agriculture with irrigation or rain

Answer 50

Producing food with irrigation was more dependable than producing food with rain since people in river valleys could count on the rivers to flood

Question 51

Who developed a civilization on the island of Crete

Answer 51

The Minoans

Question 52

What did the rulers, priests, and scribes oversee

Answer 52

The building of Egyptian pyramids, Chinese mulberry groves, and the construction of the streets and sewer system in Mohenjo - Daro