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: |
| | |
|____________________: 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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