River Valley Civilizations Review

Which word means "to have more than what is needed"?

• Irrigation

• Civilization

• Surplus

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What was the name of the first written set of laws?

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• Hammurabi's Code

• Mandate of Heaven

• Phoenicians

Which word means "the worship or belief in more than one god"?

• Dynasty

• Monarchy

• Polytheism

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What is the name for an Egyptian monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet at a point at the top?

• Pyramid

• Ziggurat

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• Cuneiform

A government in which rulers rule through the power of religion or in the name of a god

• Monarchy

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• Polytheistic

• Theocracy

A society with cities, a government, job specialization, and social classes

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• Phoenicians

• Civilization

• Irrigation

A system of government in which all the power is in the hands of one person, a king or a queen

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Polytheistic

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A pyramidal stepped temple that is an ancient architectural and religious structure characteristic of the major cities of Mesopotamia

• Pyramid

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• Ziggurat

• Cuneiform

the title for the king of ancient Egypt

• Theocracy

• Monarchy

• Pharaoh

• Pyramid

The Egyptian form of writing that used characters in the form of pictures

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• Phoenician

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics