River Valley Civilizations

Question 1

Agricultural Revolution

Answer 1

Increased food stability and settled societies

Question 2

Components of a Civilization

Answer 2

Cities, Writing, Specialized Workers, Bureaucracy, Social Structures, Technology

Question 3

Mesopotamia

Answer 3

Civilization between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Question 4

Fertile Crescent

Answer 4

Region between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Question 5

Empires in Mesopotamia

Answer 5

Sumer, Akkadia, Babylon, Assyrian, Persian (Achaemenid)

Question 6

Sumer

Answer 6

First civilization with inventions like plow, sailboat, wheel, ziggurats

Question 7

Akkadia

Answer 7

Created first postal system, ruled by Sargon of Akkad

Question 8

Babylon

Answer 8

Code of Hammurabi, Hanging Gardens, advanced astronomy

Question 9

Assyrians

Answer 9

Known for strong army, cavalry, siege machines

Question 10

Persians

Answer 10

Led by Cyrus the Great, established communication routes between Africa, Asia, & Europe

Question 11

Phoenicians

Answer 11

Invented alphabet and improved shipbuilding

Question 12

Jews

Answer 12

Ethical monotheistic religion, granted religious tolerance and access to Jerusalem by Cyrus the Great

Question 13

Egypt

Answer 13

Civilization known as the ‘Gift of the Nile’, pharaohs considered gods

Question 14

Indus River Valley

Answer 14

Civilization located between Indus and Ganges Rivers

Question 15

Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro

Answer 15

Major cities of the Indus River Valley, carefully planned and had indoor plumbing

Question 16

Sanskrit

Answer 16

Language of the Indus River Valley civilization

Question 17

Hinduism

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Religion with beliefs in reincarnation and the caste system, established by the Vedas

Question 18

Buddhism

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Founded by Siddhartha Gautama, beliefs include the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path

Question 19

Caste System

Answer 19

Social stratification system in India

Question 20

Huang He (Yellow) River Valley

Answer 20

Civilization located between the Yellow (Huang He) river and Yangtze river

Question 21

Inventions of the Huang He River Valley

Answer 21

Compass, paper, printing, silk, coined money

Question 22

Oracle Bones

Answer 22

used in the process of divination

Question 23

Dynasties

Answer 23

Family in charge at the time, starting with the Shang dynasty

Question 24

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 24

developed by the Zhou Dynasty; Idea that a dynasties right to rule is justified by the gods until they fall from favor