Ancient River Valley Civilzations

What is NOT a a characteristic of a civilization?

• Cities grow.

• Specialization of labor.

• A system of writing.

• There are no institutions of government.

What is specialization of labor?

• The government assigns jobs to people.

• People work in the same jobs as their parents.

• People work in something they are good at and use it to earn money.

• People work totally in farming.

Ancient Egyptian society grew up in what River Valley?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Nile

• Indus

• Huang He

What are two reasons that River Valleys were good places to settle?

The river valleys where early civilizations began were called:

• Cradles of Civilization

• Birth Civilizations

• Newborn Civilizations

• The New Civilizations

What do we mean when we say many rulers of these early civilizations were chosen by heredity?

• The strongest person ruled.

• Rulers were determined by elections.

• Winners of wars would most often rule.

• When one ruler died, a relative would take over power.

What is a characteristic of class systems in these early river valley civilizations?

• Where people are in society is determined by their hard work.

• Status was determined by what family you were born into.

• The older you were, the more status you had

• The younger you were, the more status you had.

This was early Hebrew law that directed the Hebrew people's relations ship God.

• Code of Hammurabi

• The Ten Commandments

• The Magna Carta

• Code of Moses

Early river valley civilizations experienced all of the following EXCEPT:

• Surplus food supply.

• Metal tools replaced stone tools.

• Trade grew.

• Farming remained the only job for people.

The early river valley civilizations of Mesopotamia grew along what river valley?

• Nile

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus

• Huang He