Ancient Civilizations Test

Yangtze

Ancient China was built along the ______ and Yellow Rivers.

False

True or False; in the beginning the Chinese had lots of contact with other civilizations due to the lack of natural barriers.

Yellow, China

The northern China sea is the ______ Sea, while the southern is the ______ Sea.

Himalayan

China is separated from India by the ______ Mountains.

Dynasty

A series of rulers from the same family.

Mandate of Heaven

A political theory of Ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source.

False

True or False; the Mandate of Heaven states that a leader never has to lead by ability and virtue since he is more important than the regular people.

Dynasty

According to the doctrine of the Mandate of Heaven, a ______'s leadership must be justified by succeeding generations.

True

True or False; The Mandate of Heaven could be revoked if the dynasty grows negligent and abusive.

a

Know the dynastic cycle. It's not difficult. You can find it in the Ancient China PowerPoint. Type "a" to get this question correct.

Xia, Yu

The first Ancient Chinese dynasty, the ______, may not have actually existed. They may have been founded by Emperor ______.

Shang, Writing, Oracle

The second (or maybe the first) Ancient Chinese dynasty, the ______, had the first ______ system in China, used ______ bones. They also developed bronze, pottery, and silk.

Zhou, Heaven, Feudal

The third (or maybe the second) Ancient Chinese dynasty, the ______, developed the Mandate of ______ and the f______ system.

Nile, Desert

The geography of Egypt was defined by the ______ River and the surrounding ______.

True

True or False; the Nile floods regularly which dictated the yearly life of Egyptians and Nubians.

Life and Death

The dichotomy of the Nile and the surrounding desert were signified by ______ ___ ______, which ruled the religious life of the Egyptians and Nubians.

Kingdom, Pyramids

The Archaic Period, or the Old ______ of Egypt is known as the age of ______.

Middle

The ______ Kingdom of Egypt was marked by weakness.

New, Pharoah, Expansion, Alexander

The ______ Kingdom of Egypt brought the reemergence of the ______, the ______ of borders, and its eventual conquering by ______ the Great.

History

The study of past events.

Prehistory

The period of time before written records.

Homo

Genus that includes living and extinct humans.

Homo Sapien

You are this (a species of human).

Sumer

Southern region of Mesopotamia where the earliest known cities arose. Between Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

Paleolithic

Old stone age.

Neolithic

New stone age.

Assyria

This Mesopotamian empire used highly advanced military organization to acquire a large empire around 850 BC.

Mesopotamia

"Land between the rivers."

Ziggurat

Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities.

Akkad

The world's first empire founded by Sargon.

Babylon

The chief city of Ancient Mesopotamia and the capital of the Ancient Kingdom of Babylonia.

Abraham

Founder of Judaism who, according to the Bible, led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God's command.

Monotheism

Belief in one God.

Cuneiform

A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.

Hammurabi

Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia.

Polytheism

Belief in many gods.

Egypt

This early empire has its home along Africa's Nile River.

Nubia

A civilization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley.

Nile

The longest river in the world on which Ancient Egypt was built.

Menes

The king who unified Upper and Lower Egypt.

Pharaoh

A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.

Pyramid

Huge, triangular shaped burial tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh built during the Old Kingdom.

Osiris

Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead.

Hieroglyphics

______ were pictograms in Ancient Egypt.

Hyskos

The ______ Invasion was an event in which foreigners took over Egypt with bronze tools and reigned for 110 years (Middle Kingdom).

Amun-Ra

______-______ was the head god of Ancient Egypt; he's the equivalent of Zeus in Greek Mythology.

Mummification

The Ancient Egyptian process by which a mummy was prepared.

Ancestors

The Chinese venerated their ______.

Paleolithic, Neolithic

During the ______ Era the majority of people were hunter gatherers, while people were farmers in the ______.

Oracle Bone

A piece of bone or shell heated and cracked by holy men to seek advice from a king's ancestors.

Bronze

A mixture of copper and tin used to make weapons and tools.

Patriarchy

A system where men lead as opposed to women.

Harappa, Mohenjo

______ and ______-Daro were two sites of large, well organized ancient cites in the Indus Valley civilization of the third millennium B.C.E.

Indo-European Migrations

______-______ migrations were events in which tribes migrated to India as well as Europe and distributed language.

Aryans, Sanskrit, Caste

The ______ were a group of people originally from central Asia. Three thousand years ago, these people settled in India, where they established the language of Vedic ______, founded the Vedic religion, and established a ______ system of hierarchical classes.

Caste System

A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life.

Harappan

The ______ civilization had a mysterious decline; excessive deforestation, earthquakes, and flooding are all possibilities; disappearance by 1500 BC.

False

True or False; we fully understand the Harappan language.

Vedas

Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism.

Varnas, Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra

The tiers, or ______ of the caste system go like this: the highest tier are the ______, below that are the ______, below that are the ______, and the lowest tier are the ______. (They are basically impossible to spell so just remember "BKVS.")

Upanishads

A major book in Hinduism that is often in the form of dialogues that explored the Vedas and the religious issues that they raised.

Sanskrit, Vedic, Caste

When the Aryans settled in India, they established the language of Vedic ______, founded the ______ Religion, and and established the ______ system.

Cities

We can infer the Harappans had a strong central government because their ______ were so well organized and planned.

a

Study the FOCs! I'm sorry but it's too much to put in here. It's not that difficult and most of the info was covered here already. Type "a" to get this question right.