Mid-Term Part 2: River Valley Civilizations

Which of the following are characteristics of a "civilization"? Choose all that apply.

• Government and Religion

• Writing systems

• Cities and social structure

• Favorable Geography (like rivers and mountains)

• Roads, Bridges and public works

A city-state is...

• An area of land with food surplus and written laws

• A an area of land with it's own writing system and government

• An area of land with its own government and laws

• An area of land with laws and geographic features

____________ is the city-state responsible for Hammurabi's Code and ___________ is the city-state responsible for cuneiform

• Babylon and Ur

• Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

• Sumer and Babylon

• Babylon and Sumer

The following are characteristics associated with Mesopotamia. Choose all that apply.

• Tigris and Euphrates rivers are unpredictable

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• Trade with the Nile Valley Civilization

• Ziggurats

• Pessimistic view of their life, after life and gods.

Which of the following are characteristics of Hammurabi's Code? Choose all that apply.

• It's a law code that promotes equality for all Mesopotamians

• It's a law code that has different laws for different social classes for all Mesopotamians

• It's a set of strict and rigid laws

• It's often compared to Legalism

Which of the following are characteristics of the Nile Valley RIVER. Choose all that apply.

• The Nile River flows from north to south.

• The Nile River flows from south to north

• The Nile River is predictable

• The Nile River is unpredictable

Which of the following are characteristics of the Nile Valley Civilization? Choose all that apply.

• They have an optimistic view of their life, after life and gods

• They are very well protected by natural barriers

• The pharaohs are seen as divine (god-like)

• Egyptians wrote a book called The Book of the Dead that explains their afterlife

• The Nile River overflows predictably

Which of the following are geographic features associated with the Indus Valley Civilization? Choose all that apply.

• The northeast corner is open to trade with Mesopotamia

• Monsoon winds were wet and dry winds impacting the civilization

• Himalaya Mountains in the northeast corner were a natural barrier

• The Indus and Ganges were the two main rivers in the civilization

• They northwest corner is open to trade with Mesopotamia

What is the definition of urban planning?

• An area of land with its own government and laws

• When a male is seen as more important than a female

• All things living and non living have a spirit

• When a city is pre-planned on a precise grid-system using north-south and east-west lines.

Which of the following are examples of urban planning

• Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

• Babylon and Sumer

• Achaemenid and Persia

• Harappa and Babylon