Ancient Civilizations & Religions

Identify the ancient civilization that developed on the Nile River?

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• India

• China

Identify the ancient civilization that developed on the Tigris and Euphrates River System.

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• India

• China

Identify the ancient civilization that developed on the Huang He River.

• China

• Egypt

• India

• Mesopotamia

1. What religions originated in and had the greatest impact on the ancient civilization India?

• Judaism and Taoism

• Hinduism and Buddhism

• Confucianism and Taoism

• Buddhism and Taoism

What was the first major monotheistic religion?

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Hinduism

• Judaism

Which ancient civilizations had the following social order?

Pharaoh

Nobles

Scribes/Craftspeople

Farmer/Servants/Slaves

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• India

• China

Which ancient civilization had the following social order?

Caste System

• India

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• China

Primary reason that early civilizations developed near rivers?

• Rivers were necessary for religious rituals in the early civilization.

• Rivers kept the population low due to seasonal flooding.

• Rivers provided natural resources and trade routes.

• Rivers gave invading armies easy access to early civilizations.

The law below comes from what early law system:

“If a noble has knocked out the tooth of a noble of his own rank, they shall knock out his tooth. But if he has knocked out a commoner’s tooth, he shall pay one-third mina of silver.”

• Code of Hammurabi

• Twelve Tables

• Ten Commandments

• Justinian Codes

What word refers to a belief in many gods?

• sect

• monotheism

• polytheism

• deity