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Ancient River Valley Review Sheet (worth a quiz grade!)
River Valley Civilizations
1. What geographic factor do Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China all have in common?
2. What are the advantages (+) and disadvantages (-) of living near a river valley?
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3. What is irrigation?
4. What was the result of the Neolithic Revolution?
5. When did civilization occur? (In the Old Stone Age or the New Stone Age?)
6. Why did early civilizations develop art and architecture?
7. When does cultural diffusion happen?
Egypt
8. What river did ancient Egypt develop on?
9. What was the function or purpose of Egyptian pyramids?
10. What are hieroglyphics?
11. What was the Rosetta Stone and why is it important?
12. Who was the leader of Egyptian civilization and how was he viewed?
Mesopotamia
13. What does Mesopotamia mean and what is another name for it?
14. What rivers did ancient Mesopotamian civilization develop on?
15. What is a city-state and give a Mesopotamian example.
16. What is the Hammurabi Code?
17. How does the Hammurabi Code show that social classes existed in Babylon?
18. What is a ziggurat?
19. List the main accomplishment of the Phoenicians.
20. What new technology did the Hittites develop?
India
21. What river did ancient Indian civilization develop on?
22. What positive (+) and negative (-) effects do monsoons have on India?
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23. What is a result of India’s diverse geography?
24. Describe Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
China
25. What river did ancient Chinese civilization develop on? (give both versions)
26. What effects did geography have on China and its view of itself?
27. What are the basic beliefs of Confucianism?
28. What are the basic beliefs of Legalism?
29. What are the basic beliefs of Taoism?
30. What is the Mandate of Heaven and how does it relate to the Dynastic Cycle?
31. List as many things invented in ancient China as you can (at least 4).