River Valley Civilizations

Question 1

Know the characteristics of civilization.

Answer 1

Government culture and religion

Question 2

What is mesopotamians writing system ?

Answer 2

Cunieform

Question 3

What is the Chinese writing system?

Answer 3

Based one pictures

Question 4

What is the Egyptians writing system?

Answer 4

Hieroglyphics

Question 5

What was the Indus writing system?

Answer 5

Wasn’t readable unknown

Question 6

What was the code of laws that were established in Mesopotamia?

Answer 6

Hammurabi

Question 7

Which Philosophy stated that the rulers of ancient China were given divine right to rule?

Answer 7

Mandate of Heaven

Question 8

Which hominid was known as the first to use tools?

Answer 8

Homo-hablis

Question 9

What was the religion of Mesopotamia?

Answer 9

Polytheism and their Temples were ziggurats

Question 10

Define monsoon-

Answer 10

Seasonal winds

Question 11

What was the writing language of the Egyptians?

Answer 11

Hieroglyphics

Question 12

What was mespotamia main rivers?

Answer 12

• Tigris

- Eyphrates

Question 13

What is Indus main river?

Answer 13

Indus River

Question 14

What is China’s main river?

Answer 14

• Huang

- Yangter

Question 15

What is a Egyptians main river

Answer 15

Nile river

Question 16

How are the Egyptian pharaohs were viewed?

Answer 16

Gods

Question 17

Who was Buddha?

Answer 17

Teacher of Buddhism , Suddhatthea Jautma,ended personal suffering ,died and went to nirvana

Question 18

Describe Hinduism-

Answer 18

• Brahmon
• goal was Moknisa (darma “good karma”)
• attitude was detach ones self

Question 19

Describe Buddhism-

Answer 19

No god
End human suffering
Detached form world things

Question 20

The Paleolithic age is known as the ____age.

Answer 20

Stone