Early River Valley Civilizations

What does monotheistic mean?

• Believing in One God

• Believing in Many Gods

• Believing in No Gods

• Believing in Religion

Which religion has the following characteristics:

-Monotheistic

-Holy Book is Torah

-Ten Commandments

• Christianity

• Taoism

• Judaism

• Zoroastrianism

What was the MAIN reason early civilizations established next to rivers?

• They needed drinking water

• Rivers flood creating good soil

• They used it to bathe

• They liked the swim in the rivers

What did all the governments of the early civilizations have in common?

• They all treated people equally

• They all used voting and elections

• They were a Democracy

• They were a Theocracy

What major development led to an agricultural surplus among early civilizations?

• The development of Iron

• The development of Bronze

• Moving away from rivers

• Having a bigger population

What was the first written law code?

• The Bible

• The Ten Commandments

• Hammurabi's Code

• Torah

In which early civilization is Babylon located?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• India

• China

Which civilization is the Tigris and Euphrates river located in?

• Egypt

• China

• Mesopotamia

• India

Which group settled in Canaan and refered to it as their "Promise Land?"

• Indians

• Egyptians

• Hebrews

• Babylonians

What is one major contribution by the Phoenicians?

• Creation of the first alphabet

• The first to develop iron

• Creation of the irrigation system

• First to establish next to rivers