river valley test

What was the purpose of the pyramids?

• There are over 100 Egyptian pyramids

• Mostly pharaohs, but some nobility were also buried in them.

• Urban planning

What is the difference between a tomb and a shrine?

• A shrine is a place for religious reverence/ceremonies

• A tomb is what you gather around to worship your god

• A tomb is where dead bodies are laid to rest

• A shrine is where sick people go to get medicine

What did the Harappans invent that allowed them to build multi-level houses?

• Oven baked bricks

• Sun baked bricks

• Paper bricks

Harappan cities were designed in a grid pattern.

What is this called?

• The sun plan

• The south plan

• Urban planning

What modern US cities were also built and designed this way?

• George Washington

• New York

• Washington D.C

What type of writing is shown ? And how does it differ from an alphabet?

• Sandslit which is an old language

• Pictogram which is a symbol that’s shows a word and an alphabet is a symbol shows a sound

• The alphabet and is sounds of symbols snd not a symbol shows a word

What is this language written on?

• Deer skin

• An oracle bone (turtle shell)

• An orca bone (whale bone)

Why did the ancient Chinese use this?

• To communicate with each other

• The communicate with the gods

• To communicate with animals

What farming technique is being used here?

• Irrigation

• Ziggurats

• Temple

What did this technique allow people to do?

• To get the water for the animals and kids

• Bring animals to eat the crops they planted

• Divert fresh water and bring it to crops