WH1 - Unit 2: River Valley Civilizations

The most important reasons man's earliest civilizations began in river valleys was because these valleys:

• were used for extensive trade

• offered abundant wildlife for food

• offered rich soil for agriculture

• provided transportation for nomadic people

One of the first written codes of law was the:

• Vedas

• Code of Hammurabi

• Eightfold Path to Enlightenment

• Hieroglyphics

The origin of Judaism can be traced to:

• Abraham

• Mohammed

• Asoka

• Gautama

Which of thee best completes this diagram?

• Vedas

• Upanishads

• Twelve Tables

• Ten Commandments

What ancient writing system is illustrated in this picture?

• Chinese characters

• Phoenician alphabet

• Egyptian hieroglyphics

• Sumerian cuneiform

Which ancient civilization created the settlements shown in this map?

• Phoenician

• Egyptian

• Hebrew

• Greek

The defining characteristic of polytheistic religions is the idea that?

• there is an eternal struggle between good and evil

• beings undergo many cycles of rebirth

• past actions control the destiny of each person

• there are many gods and goddesses in existence

What group of people made up the bottom levels of both 

• farmers and slaves
• landowners

What is the name of the strict social structure of the Indus Valley?

• Upper Class

• Caste System

• Triangle Structure

• Social System

Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.

• Nile and Amazon

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Snake and Colorado

• Pol and Yangtze