Unit 1 JeopardyGeography Mesopotamia Egypt Indus Valley China

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Name these four civilizations (10 each):A – B – C – D –

Name these four RIVERS (20 each):A – B – C – (western)

D –

Name the mountains here:

Name the desert here

Name the mountains here

Name the wedge-shaped writing of

Mesopotamia

The city-state of Sumer was ruled by a priest.

What type of government is that?

The Code of Hammurabi came from

this Mesopotamian civilization.

The “Twelve Tribes” were descendants of this

man.

Name the greatest accomplishment of the

Phoenicians.

Egyptian life revolved, or focused, around this.

Pyramids were built for this purpose:

Found in 1799, the Rosetta Stone allowed

archeologists to translate this writing of

Egypt:

Name the title of the leader of Egypt.

The main limitation of hieroglyphics is this.

Aryans left few artifacts because they were this,

or “wanderers”

Early peoples were able to cross the mountains and enter India through

this physical feature.

Indoor plumbing was a feature of this Indus

Valley city.

The “one univesal spirit” in Hinduism is

known as this:

The Mauryan Empire was large, but it worked well because it used this

form of government.

Out of the following, which was NOT a

dominant (main) physical feature in Ancient China?-mountains - rivers

-plains - deserts

According to the Dynastic Cycle, how

does a new dynasty gain power?

This emperor ordered many existing walls to be joined together to form a “great wall”

The Silk Road was opened, or “built,” but

which emperor?

Liu Bang was the first emperor of which

dynasty?