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Grade 6 Unit 2 edusoft Review
river valley civilizations
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6th Grade
11/21/2013

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Euphrates and Tigris River
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Which 2 geographical features most likely provided fertile land that gave rise to multiple city states in the Mesopotamia region?
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New Kingdom
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Egypt reached the height of its power and glory during the
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Cuneiform
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Early civilization developed forms of writing that impacted their civilizations. Which form of writing would appear first on a timeline of early civilizations
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Fertile valleys
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where the first civilization developed
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work of artisans
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Mesopotamia and Egypt have the most similarities when it comes to this
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Sumerians
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first civilization in Mesopotamia
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Dynasty
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describes the type of government in Egypt after king menes united upper and lower Egypt in 3100 BC
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provided fresh water supplies and rich soil for farming
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rivers contributed to the survival of early civilizations because
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canals
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what did Mesopotamian farmers build to irrigate their fields
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Code of Hammurabi
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it was written law for all of the people to see
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Chinese
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Which of the following civilizations developed along the Huang He River?
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Assyrians
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who were known as fierce and organized soldiers
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Shang dynasty
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This group accomplished the following: writing system, bronze containers for both cooking religious ceremonies, war chariots, powerful bows and bronze body armor
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hieroglyphics
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Egyptian writing system
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slaves
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lowest class of social order in China and was also an important source of labor
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Egyptian civilizations
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Farms grew into villages and villages grew into cities this is how what developed
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Egypt
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rich country with a surplus of food
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People in India
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moving to a higher level of the caste system during reincarnation
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Himalaya Mountains
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limited interactions between the Chinese civilization and other three ancient river civilizations
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Sanskrit
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the language the sacred hymns and poems of the Aryans were composed in
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Harappan
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Which civilizations early writings have not been decoded
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Egyptians
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developed paper
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Contribution from Mesopotamia
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created cuniform, hammurabis code, published code on stone pillar for all to see, irrigation, wheeled vehicles and plows
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Contribution from Egypt
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hieroglyphics, rosetta stone, papryus, pyramids, engineering and science
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Contribution from China
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iron tools and weapons, developed metal working skills
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Contribution from Indus river valley
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writing system developed by the harappans, worked with metal crafts and jewelry, wove cotton, indoor plumbing, high quality tools, system of weights and measures
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