Unit 2: River Valley Civilizations Review

Rivers where Mesopotamia was

• Euphrates & Tigris

• Euphrates & Indus

• Huang He & Nile

• Nile & Tigris

Word that literally means "Land Between the Rivers"; Name for the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• China

• India

River where Egypt was

• Nile

• Tigris

• Indus

• Euphrates

River where India was

• Indus

• Nile

• Huang He

• Yellow

River where China was

• Huang He

• Nile

• Indus

• Euphrates

Mountain range that isolated China; Separated China and India

• Himalayas

• Rockies

• Hindu Kush

• Sierra Nevada

First written legal code; Harsh punishments; "An eye for an eye"

• Hammurabi's Code

• Moses Code

• Caesars Code

• Cleopatra's Code

The practice of passing leadership down through a family bloodline (father to son to grandson, etc.); How power was passed down in most kingdoms and empires in the ancient world

• Hereditary Rule

• Patriarchal Rule

• Monarchy

• Nepotism

The practice of only worshipping one god

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Catholicism

• Christianity

The practice of worshipping many gods

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Judaism

• Hinduism