Early River Valley Civilizations

_____ is a form of Government where the Nobles or the Nobility held the power

• Bureaucracy

• Democracy

• Aristocracy

• Polytheism

The rise and fall of Dynasties is referred to as _______

• The Mandate of Heaven

• Hammurabi's Code

• Aristocracy

• The Dynastic Cycle

Polytheism means that a person or religion ______

• has the divine right to rule over a people

• Believes in many gods

• has no gods or godesses

• Believes in only one god

True or False: Under Hammurabi's Code, a slave would NOT be punished harshly for hurting a Noble

• True

• False

The type of farming where steps are cut into the mountain and the people farm on the flat surfaces is called ________

• Subsistence Farming

• Terrace Farming

• Primitive Farming

• Agriculture

A complex human society with certain cultural and technological developments is a ________

• Government

• Aristocracy

• Dictatorship

• Civilization

What was the major contribution of the Sumerians?

• Astronomy

• The first Wheel

• Cuneiform, the first written language

• Hieroglyphics

The _____ is an important piece of Egyptian History that served as a translator for Historians

• Rosetta Stone

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• Viziers

• Hieroglyphics

What two rivers were important to the Mesopotamia's development?

• Tigris and Yellow Rivers

• Euphrates and Indus Rivers

• Tigris and Nile Rivers

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Hammurabi's Code was important because _________

• It enacted harsh punishments on any offenders

• It was the first written set of Laws

• It helped Hammurabi rise to power

• It made people behave the right way