Name______

Social Studies/Mr. Lingner

Mid-year Review

Questions

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Indus River / Egypt / Mesopotamia / China / Other Stuff
The Indian peninsula is so large it is called a ______a large landmass that is connected to a continent. / The ancient Egyptian picture writing system was called? / Hammurabi’s Code provided for different penalties according to what? / This was built to keep invaders from entering China from its northern border. / One similarity in the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, ancient Indian (Harappan), and ancient Chinese civilizations was that they each developed what?
______stumbled upon the ruins of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, two ancient Indus River civilizations. / How did the ancient Egyptians demonstrate their belief in life after death? / What is meant by the term “cuneiform?” / The overland trade route on which silk and other goods were carried between Asia and Europe was called the / One way in which the Huang Ho, the Indus, and the Nile civilizations were similar is that they each
The Indus River Valley was in modern day ______, wedged between the Hindu Kush and the Himalayas / According to legend, who united Upper and Lower Egypt? / A ziggurat would be an example of which trait of civilization? / The ______of Heaven was a sign that a good ruler had the approval of the gods. / The Neolithic Period was characterized by the change from hunting and gathering to______?
Mohenjo-Daro had a massive ______a walled in area, like a fortress in which people could go to if invaders attacked. / She was the world’s first woman ruler, and she greatly increased Egypt’s wealth through trade. / One reason for the development of an early civilization in the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys was that / What great thing did Shi Huangdi do before he died? (To protect him in the afterlife) / What does it mean to have a surplus of food?
Archaeologists found over 2,000 ______. They showed drawings of animals and a form of writing. Scholars cannot yet read this writing. / This unlocked the key to understanding the hieroglyphics. / The Sumerian city-states were found in Mesopotamia, which is a Greek word meaning, “The land between the rivers.” Between what two rivers was Mesopotamia found? / What does Confucius say is what every citizen should do? / The river civilizations settled where they did because the land was ______, or good for farming.
______was unique because it was a planned city with straight, paved streets in a pattern of squares, indoor plumbing connected to underground sewers, and garbage chutes. / Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza? / The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow south east into this body of water. / In China, the role of family and respect for your elders is very important. TRUE or FALSE? / Which river civilization did not have a central government, but 12 independent city-states?