River Valleys

Name the civilization: 
- Nile River
- Hieroglyphics
- Pyramids

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China

Name the civilization: 
- Tigris and Euphrates
- Cuneiform
- City-States

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China

Name the civilization: 
- Huang He (Yellow) River
- Calligraphy writing
- Paper and Silk

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China

Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

• Gilgamesh
• Sargon
• Hammurabi 
• Sumer

What river did these people in the ancient India settle along?

• Tigris
• Nile
• Indus

Shang China established a series of rulers from the same family.  What is each family rule called? 

• Monarchy
• Dynasty
• Dictatorship
• Empire

This is the name of the social system in India.

• Untouchables
• ancient
• caste
• Vedas

The rise, fall, and overthrowing of a ruling family in ancient China is called

• The Dynastic Cycle

• The Mandate of Heaven

• The rule of thumb

• The Caste System

The Indus River Valley Civilizations' cities were structured:

• in ovals, with small square buildings
• in grids, with separate areas for residential and governmental buildings
• in triangles, centered around the pyramids
• in squares, separated by social classes

Which principle of Babylonian society does this excerpt from the Code of Hammurabi illustrate?

• All men were equal under the law.

• Fines were preferable to corporal punishment.

• Divisions existed between social classes.

• Violence was always punished with violence.