Ancient River Civilizations Review Game By: Peter Mollenhauer

What was Mesopotamia’s greatest challenge? Foreign Invaders

What was the name for the classes of people in India? The Caste System

What was the name for when a dynasty had approval from the gods to rule? The Mandate of Heaven

The Indus and the Ganges Rivers. What are the two rivers that ancient Indian river civilizations lived on? The Indus and the Ganges Rivers.

What are two well known documents from ancient Mesopotamia? The Code of Hammurabi and the Epic of Gilgamesh

Who were viewed as a gods in ancient Egypt? The Pharaohs

What was the type of political structure in ancient India? A Theocracy

What were some of the innovations of ancient Egypt? The pyramids, alphabet and writing, and calendars.

What was the status of women in early Mesopotamia? The women were nearly equal to men.

What was the name for the area surrounding Mesopotamia? The Fertile Crescent

What were China’s solutions to floods and invaders? Build levees and walls.

Does ancient India have a form of writing? Yes it is pictographic with 270 characters, but it is yet to be deciphered.

What was one of China’s industries that was prized across the known world? China’s silk industry.

What river did people congregate most on in ancient China? The Yangtze (Yellow River)

What were innovations of ancient India? Sewage lines, canals, irrigation.

What is the name of the Sea to the West of the Indus River Civilization? The Arabian Sea

What religion originated in India but did not catch on as much as in other countries? Buddhism

What was the most important value to the Chinese? Family

What was one of the most important parts to all four civilization’s economies? Agriculture

What is the name for the preservation of the Egyptian dead? Mummification

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