The Importance of Major Rivers in Ancient Civilizations

1-100 q This river provided fertile soil, water, and means of transportation for the Egyptians.

1-100 a What is the Nile River?

2-100 q These two rivers allowed for farming in the desert like climate of MESOPOTAMIA.

2-100 a What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

3-100 q • This river allowed for farming in the desert like climate of the Indus River Valley.

3-100 a What is the Indus River?

4-100 q OK..you get the pattern. This river allowed for farming to take place in Ancient China.

4-100 a • What is the Huang He?

5-100 q • Name the five major religions discussed in class.

5-100 a What are Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam?

6-100 q This is the name that Greeks called their city states.

6-100 a What is a polis?

1-200 q In order to preserve the pharaoh’s body, Egyptians used this well known process.

1-200 a What is Mummification?

2-200 q The belief in many gods/goddesses.

2-200 a What is polytheism?

3-200 q They are known as the being the world’s tallest mountain range. They also separated India from the continent of Asia.

3-200 a What are the Himalayas?

4-200 q This yellow soil made the land around the Huang He very fertile.

4-200 a What is loess?

5-200 q Name the sacred book of the following religions: Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam.

5-200 a What are the Torah, Vedas, Holy Bible, and Quran?

6-200 q A government in which the power is in the hands of a few people (normally the business class).

6-200 a What is an oligarchy?

1-300 q The ancient picture writing system of Egypt.

1-300 a What are Hieroglyphics?

2-300 q This structure was used as a place of worship in Mesopotamia.

2-300 a What is a ziggurat?

3-300 q • A seasonal wind that can bring rainy weather or hot, dry weather.

3-300 a What is a monsoon?

4-300 q These bones were used to predict the future in Ancient China.

4-300 a What are Oracle Bones?

5-300 q “There is only one God and Muhammad is his messenger” is the main belief of which of the five major religions.

5-300 a What is Islam?

6-300 q • A government in which voting power is in the hands of the people.

6-300 a What is a democracy?

1-400 q This plant was used to make paper. The plant and the paper have the same name.

1-400 a What is papyrus?

2-400 q This writing system was developed in Mesopotamia. It used wedges and symbols.

2-400 a • What is cuneiform?

3-400 q A social hierarchy with unchangeable social groups.

3-400 a What is a caste system?

4-400 q A beautiful style of handwriting.

4-400 a What is calligraphy?

5-400 q “To reach nirvana (peace) by ending suffering” is the main belief of which religion.

5-400 a What is Buddhism?

6-400 q A series of wars between Athens and Sparta .

6-400 a What are the Peloponnesian Wars?

1-500 q This tablet helped unlock the mystery of reading hieroglyphics.

The Importance of Major Rivers in Ancient Civilizations