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| Where did the first civilizations develop next to? | Rivers |
| What were the 3 main reasons the first civilizations developed next to rivers? | Fertile Soil, Irrigation of Crops, Transportation-Goods and People |
| Name the 4 main River Valley Civilizations | Nile River Valley; Mesopotamia;Indus;China |
| What are the 8 characteristics of a civilization? | Cities, Organized Government, Complex Religions, Job specialization, social classes, Art & Architecture, Public Works, Writing Systems |
| What were all the River Valley Civilizations considered? | Cradles of Civilization |
| In the Nile River Valley Civilization, how could people move up in society? | Jobs or Marriage;Slaves could buy freedom |
| What does Polytheistic mean? | belief in many gods |
| What was the Egyptian writing system called? | Hieroglyphics |
| What is a city-state | Political unit made up of a city state, has its own government |
| What was the Mesopotamian writing system called? | Cuniform |
| What was the Code of Hammurabi? | Earliest known written law in history |
| What type of laws were they? | Eye for an eye, Tooth for tooth |
| Where people equal in the law? | No, laws were not the same for everyone. Different punishments depending on class. |
| What were the two twin capitals called in the Indus River Civilization? | Harappa & Mohenjo |
| Whatdo archaeological studies of the Indus Valley cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro show evidence of? | Urban Planning-well planned cities and towns built on massive mud brick platforms. |
| What other names where the Huang He River called in China? | Yellow river and River of Sorrows |
| What was China isolated from other civilizations? | Geography-Mountains, Deserts and Oceans |
| What did China call themselves "The Middle Kingdom" | They believed it was the center of the earth because geography isolates them. |
| What is ethnocentric? | Belief your culture is Superior to others. |
| What did the Shang Dynasty develop for farming? | Step-Terrace Farming |
| What is the Mandate of Heaven? | Rulers in China given the right to rule by the gods. |
| What is the Mandate of Heaven similar to? | Devine Right Theory |
| What is the Dynastic Cycle? | Explains the reason dynasties rise and fall in China? |
| What did the Chinese build that linked China together? | Canals |
