The 4 River Valley Civilization: Introduction

Question 1

What are the 4 early valley civilizations

Answer 1

Sumerian, Egyptian, Harappan, and Ancient China

Question 2

What river is by the Sumerian Civilization

Answer 2

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (Mesopotamia)

Question 3

What river is by the Egyptian Civilization

Answer 3

Nile River

Question 4

What river is by the Harappan Civilization?

Answer 4

Indus River

Question 5

What river is by the Ancient China Civilization?

Answer 5

Huang he (Yellow) River

Question 6

Nickname given to the Mesopotamian Region?

Answer 6

Fertile Crescent

Question 7

What type of government system did mesopotamia have?

Answer 7

City state government

Question 8

True or false each city had its own government even though they had the same culture

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Who held political power in the beginning?

Answer 9

Priests

Question 10

Who eventually became rulers?

Answer 10

Military Commanders

Question 11

A series of rulers descending from a single family line

Answer 11

Dynasty

Question 12

Why is mesopotamia called the fertile crescent?

Answer 12

because of the regions shape and the richness of its soil

Question 13

Sumerian believed in many gods such as..

Answer 13

Polytheism ( God of the clouds) and Enlil ( Air / The Most Powerful god)

Question 14

Sumerians had three social classes

Answer 14

A. Priests and Royalty B. Wealthy Merchants C. Ordinary Workers

Question 15

Who had more rights in this civilization than in later ones

Answer 15

Women

Question 16

Name 2 science/culture/technological advancements of the Mesopotamians?

Answer 16

A. Created one of the first writing systems cuneiform B.They invented the wheel, the sail, and the plow
C. First to use Bronze

Question 17

Where did most of egypts history focus on?

Answer 17

Lower

Question 18

What did the nile provide

Answer 18

reliable transportation

Question 19

Deserts on both sides of the nile ___

Answer 19

provided protection

Question 20

Rulers who were considered gods are called…

Answer 20

pharos

Question 21

what type of government did the egyptian have

Answer 21

theocracy

Question 22

What religion were the egyptians?

Answer 22

polytheistic

Question 23

Name all the social structures of egypt

Answer 23

A. Royal Class
B. Upper Class
C. Middle Class
D. Lower Class

Question 24

Pictographs developed into ___

Answer 24

Hieroglyphics

Question 25

Deciphering hieroglyphics ____ discovered in ___

Answer 25

The rosetta stone, 1799 A.D.

Question 26

`When did the indus civilization flourish? and whatt part?

Answer 26

2,500 B.C. , Western part of south asia

Question 27

`Indus valley civilization =

Answer 27

Harappan civilization

Question 28

t or f indus valley was the largest of the 4 valley civilizations

Answer 28

True

Question 29

who laid out houses in a grid

Answer 29

Indus harappan

Question 30

similar housing =

Answer 30

little differences between social classes

Question 31

Religious objects and symbols clearly linked to __

Answer 31

hinduism

Question 32

3 features of shang culture ?

Answer 32

first written records

sharp division between kings noble and the peasants

Question 33

3 important values of shang culture?

Answer 33

emphasis on family
ancestor worship
Stood for ideas not languages to all understand the same writing system

Question 34

Zhou introduced

Answer 34

• idea of royalty that claimed rulers got their authority from heaven they called it mandate from heaven
• pattern of rise and fall of dynasties in china known as the dynastic cycle
• type of political system called feudalism
• introduced 1st coined money, improved transportation with roads and canals.