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Ancient Civilizations

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    Review of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and Indus Valley
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  • Which geographic feature was shared by the early civilizations that developed in China. Egypt, India, and Mesopotamia?
    Island Chains
    River Valleys
    Temperate Grasslands
    Oceans
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  • Early civilizations created irrigation systems for the purpose of what?
    providing better defense
    to reduce animal population
    allow for easier travel
    growing crops
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  • This civilization was dependent on the Nile River.
    Egypt
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  • The Tigris & Euphrates River created fertile soil for which civilization?
    Mesopotamia
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  • What is cuneiform?
    Writing of Mesopotamia
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  • What is special about Hammurabi's Code?
    Fair laws for all people
    It was eliminated the king
    First set of written laws
    It gave slaves rights
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  • Who unified Upper and Lower Egypt?
    Menes
    Ramses II
    Nefertiti
    Hatshepsut
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  • What is the Egyptian writing system called that used picture symbols?
    hieroglyphics
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  • What is a dynasty?
    a ruling family
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  • Which best describes the Silk Road?
    a series of trading routes thousands of miles long
    dangerous road that only silk traders traveled
    vast highway where the Chinese bought silk
    a straight road for travelers
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  • What is cultural diffusion?
    the spreading of culture (religion, ideas, food, language, etc.)
  •  25
  • Which of the following shows how civilizations MODIFIED their environment?
    Sleep on the roof of their home to keep cool
    Relied on natural barriers for protection
    Dug irrigation canals & built levees to control flooding
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  • Which of the following shows how civilizations ADAPTED to their environment?
    Built dams to stop flooding
    Often slept on the roofs of their homes to stay cool
    Relied on natural barriers to keep invaders out
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  • The following terms describe which civilization: well organized cities, drainage systems, Hinduism, caste system
    Indus Valley/India
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  • The following terms describe which civilization: grew millet, Mandate of Heaven, traded silk
    China
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  • The following terms describe which civilization: invented the potter's wheel, used papyrus for paper, ruled by pharaohs
    Egypt
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