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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?
    Oceans
    Temperate Grasslands
    River Valleys
    Island Chains
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  • Early civilizations created irrigation systems for the purpose of what?
    providing better defense
    growing crops
    allow for easier travel
    to reduce animal population
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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?
    First set of written laws
    It gave slaves rights
    Fair laws for all people
    It was eliminated the king
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  • Who unified Upper and Lower Egypt?
    Nefertiti
    Ramses II
    Hatshepsut
    Menes
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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?
    dangerous road that only silk traders traveled
    vast highway where the Chinese bought silk
    a straight road for travelers
    a series of trading routes thousands of miles long
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  • What is cultural diffusion?
    the spreading of culture (religion, ideas, food, language, etc.)
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  • Which of the following shows how civilizations MODIFIED their environment?
    Relied on natural barriers for protection
    Sleep on the roof of their home to keep cool
    Dug irrigation canals & built levees to control flooding
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  • Which of the following shows how civilizations ADAPTED to their environment?
    Often slept on the roofs of their homes to stay cool
    Relied on natural barriers to keep invaders out
    Built dams to stop flooding
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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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