Ancient Civilizations: River Valley Civilizations



Name __________________________________ Date ______________________ Period ________

Unit 1: Ancient Civilization Review

Answer the following fill in the blank questions using the word boxes below. Words cannot be used more than once.

|Mesopotamia |Royal Road |Persian |Family |

|Monotheism |Rivers |Hieroglyphics |Euphrates |

|Sumer |Pyramids |Theocracy |Fertile Crescent |

|Nomads |Mountains |Ziggurat |The Great Wall of China |

|Cuneiform |Tigris |Empire |Hebrews |

|Neolithic Revolution | |Pharaoh | |

1. Most early civilizations form near what geographical feature? ________________

2. The cities of Uruk, Lagash and Ur were a part of what larger civilization? ______________

3. The ______________________ changed how mankind lived because it allowed humans to grow their own food.

4. The ______________ empire ruled and governed their conquered people with tolerance towards customs and religions after they conquered the whole of Mesopotamia.

5. In what region were the first city-based civilizations formed? ______________

6. A _________________ is a government in which the ruler is viewed as a god, or a government controlled by religious leaders.

7. ___________________ have no permanent home and wander from place to place in search of food and water.

8. ________________ is the name of a governmental structure of a group of many states under the control of a singular ruler or ruling power.

9. _________________ is the belief in one God. Who was the first group that practiced this type of faith? ____________________

10. _________________ were created for use as tombs of the Pharaohs.

11. What was the name of the Sumerian writing system? __________________

12. Mesopotamia is also known as the __________________. This area was between what two rivers? ___________________ and ______________________.

13. Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent words and sounds. ______________

14. The __________________ opened up trade and communication within the Persian Empire.

15. Sumerian temples were called __________________.

16. The __________________ of Egypt was considered both a god and a king.

17. The __________________ played a central role in Chinese Society.

18. _______________________ was a great achievement of the Qin Dynasty that protected the Chinese people from attack from the North.

Answer the following questions:

19. Why were rivers such an important geographical feature for early civilizations?

20. Define polytheism: __________________________________________________________

21. Identify the rivers that were vital to each area of study:

a. Mesopotamia:_________________________________________

b. Africa:___________________________

c. India:____________________________

d. China:___________________________

22. What did King Nebuchadnezzar create and why? __________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

23. Be able to identify the geographic locations of ancient river valley civilizations on a map.

24. What was the purpose of the Royal Road?

25. Explain the theory behind Hammurabi’s Code:

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

|Matching: Match these phrases with the correct term on the right. |TERMS: |

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|____________________: Created an alphabet that many cultures adopted. |Hammurabi’s Code |

|____________________: Protected Ancient Egyptian civilizations from invasion for centuries. |Sumer |

|____________________: Ancient civilization in which the written language has been impossible to decipher. |Four Noble Truths |

|____________________: In Hinduism, perfect bliss, free from reincarnation. |Phoenicians |

|____________________: Buddhism’s main ideas. |Hinduism |

|____________________: 1st written law code. |Moksha |

|____________________: Civilization that developed the wheel, sail, and used bronze. |Desert |

|Moksha, dharma, karma and the caste system were key concepts related to the philosophy of __________________. |Harappan |

Fill in the lasting contributions/key characteristics for these civilizations:

|Sumer | |

|Phoenicia | |

|Assyria | |

|Chaldea | |

|Egypt | |

|Persia | |

|Harrapa | |

|Han | |

26. Explain the dynastic cycle (including where it was used):

27. Who established India’s first empire? __________________________________

28. Describe the Indian Empires: (leaders and key concepts)

|Mauryan | |

|Gupta | |

29. What is reincarnation and which religion(s) believes in it? ___________________________________

30. Explain the Four Noble Truths:

a. .

b. .

c. .

d. .

31. Describe the religions/philosophies of these people:

a. Zoroastrianism:_______________________________________________________________

b. Confucius:____________________________________________________________________

32. What was the Silk Road and why was it important?

EXTRA : What are the five key traits of civilization? Be able to give examples of each.

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