River Valley Civilizations- Government

What is a scribe?

• Record Keeper

• A god

• A person

• A tool

Priests in Sumer...

• communicated with the Gods

• Introduced new technology

• lead the economy

• ran farms

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

• kings and priests
• artisans
• merchants and traders
• scribes

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.
• cradle.
• Gilgamesh.
• ziggurat.

Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

• Gilgamesh
• Sargon
• Hammurabi 
• Sumer

What was a city-state?

• a city that had its own ruler and government
• a city that was part of a much larger state or nation
• a city that was part of a huge empire ruled by a single king or queen
• an urban area within a large kingdom or empire

Emperor Qin Shihuangdi...

• was a harsh legalistic leader who wanted to live forever.

• loved books and libraries.

• was a creative, imaginative ruler who changed China's government.

Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China is widely known for stopping the invading Barbarians of the North by building which historical monument?

• The Pottala Palace

• The Great Wall

• The Terracota Army

• The forbidden city

How did China's rulers and dynasties acquire their right to rule?

• Eightfold Path

• Mandate of Heaven

• The People

• Edict of Law

What is a dynasty?

• A series of rulers from the same family

• A series of rulers from the same continent

• A series of rulers from the same country

• A series of rulers