World History Review 1

Cuneiform is...

• a system of government
• the world's first system of writing
• a type of poem or story
• a seal

What civilization is known for hieroglyphics, papyrus, and pyramids?

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• India

• China

What civilization is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

• Egypt
• China
• Mesopotamia
• Indus

Where did the first civilization occur?

• river valleys
• deserts
• coastlines
• chokepoints

The Nile was important to what civilization?

• Mesopotamia
• Egypt
• India
• China

What is Hammurabi's Code?

• story of Babylonian empire's creation by the gods
• written language of Babylonian Empire
•  collection of written laws from the Babylonian Empire
• book describing warfare from the Babylonian Empire

__________- Egyptian writing system

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• oracle bone

• Indus script

_________ - ancient southwestern Asia (currently Iraq)

• India

• China

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

_______ -royal tomb in ancient Egypt, triangular prism

• ziggurat

• pyramid

• architecture

• archeologist

_________ -Mesopotamian stepped tower (sometimes with a temple on top)

• hieroglyphics

• pyramid

• cuneiform

• ziggurat