Ancient River Civilizations

Review GameBy: Peter Mollenhauer

What was Mesopotamia’s greatest challenge?

Foreign Invaders

What was the name for the classes of people in India?

The Caste System

What was the name for when a dynasty had approval from the

gods to rule?

The Mandate of Heaven

What are the two rivers that ancient Indian river civilizations

lived on?

The Indus and the Ganges Rivers.

What are two well known documents from ancient

Mesopotamia?

The Code of Hammurabi and the Epic of Gilgamesh

Who were viewed as a gods in

ancient Egypt?

The Pharaohs

What was the type of political structure in

ancient India?

A Theocracy

What were some of the innovations of ancient

Egypt?

The pyramids, alphabet and writing, and calendars.

What was the status of women in early Mesopotamia?

The women were nearly equal to men.

What was the name for the area surrounding Mesopotamia?

The Fertile Crescent

What were China’s solutions to floods and

invaders?

Build levees and walls.

Does ancient India have a form of

writing?Yes it is pictographic

with 270 characters, but it is yet to be deciphered.

What was one of China’s industries that was prized across

the known world?

China’s silk industry.

What river did people congregate most on in ancient China?

The Yangtze (Yellow River)

What were innovations of ancient India?

Sewage lines, canals, irrigation.

What is the name of the Sea to the West of the Indus River

Civilization?

The Arabian Sea

What religion originated in India but did not catch on as much as

in other countries?

Buddhism

What was the most important value to the

Chinese?

Family

What was one of the most important parts to all four civilization’s economies?

Agriculture

What is the name for the preservation of the Egyptian

dead?

Mummification

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• http://www.allaboutarchaeology.org/epic-of-gilgamesh-faq.htm

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh

• http://famouswonders.com/great-pyramids-of-giza/

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