River Valley Civilizations

Review Trivia

Round 1 – Ancient Egypt• QUESTION 1:

This river gave rise to Egyptian civilization in the 4th century BC

• ANSWER: The Nile River

Round 1 – Ancient Egypt• QUESTION 2:

This event is known as the “Judgment Day” of Egyptian culture

• ANSWER: Weighing of the heart

Round 1 – Ancient Egypt• QUESTION 3:

What is the name of the collection of hymns and prayers that were intended to guide Egyptians through the afterlife?

• ANSWER: Book of the Dead

Round 1 – Ancient Egypt• QUESTION 4:

What body of water does the Nile River empty into?

• ANSWER: Mediterranean Sea

Round 1 – Ancient Egypt• QUESTION 5:

Name 1) The Egyptian god of Sun 2) The Egyptian god of the Dead 3) Egyptian goddess of women

• ANSWER: Re, Osiris, Isis

Round 2 – Ancient Mesopotamia

• QUESTION 1:This was the primary purpose/function of Mesopotamian ziggurats

• ANSWER: Temple/Worship

Round 2 – Ancient Mesopotamia• QUESTION 2:

The region that was once home to ancient Mesopotamia is often given this nickname

• ANSWER: The Fertile Crescent

Round 2 – Ancient Mesopotamia

• QUESTION 3:This man, the king of Babylon, created the first ever written code of laws

• ANSWER: Hammurabi

Round 2 – Ancient Mesopotamia

• QUESTION 4:Mesopotamia’s twin rivers empty into this body of water

• ANSWER: Persian Gulf

Round 2 – Ancient Mesopotamia• QUESTION 5:

These three modern day countries occupy the space where ancient Mesopotamia was once located

• ANSWER: Iraq, Syria and Turkey

Round 3 – Hinduism & Buddhism• QUESTION 1:

This is the principle that dictates how Hindus should live their lives- provides them with the duties of their caste, moral obligations, etc.

• ANSWER: Dharma

Round 3 – Hinduism & Buddhism

• QUESTION 2:This man is considered to be the founder of Buddhism

• ANSWER: Siddhartha Gautama

Round 3 – Hinduism & Buddhism• QUESTION 3:

This principle of non-violence and respect for all life is shared by both Buddhists and Hindus

• ANSWER: Ahimsa

Round 3 – Hinduism & Buddhism• QUESTION 4:

Name one major difference between Hinduism and Buddhism

• ANSWER: Belief in the caste system, Buddhist don’t believe in Hindu gods

Round 3 – Hinduism & Buddhism• QUESTION 5:

Name the three primary incarnations of Brahman, as well as the role of each

• ANSWER: Brahma (creator), Shiva (destroyer), Vishnu (preserver)

Round 4 – Ancient India• QUESTION 1:

Indian civilization rose along these two rivers

• ANSWER: Indus and Ganges Rivers

Round 4 – Ancient India• QUESTION 2:

Identify 3 achievements in math during India’s “Golden Age”

• ANSWER: Algebra, Infinity & Zero, Value of Pi, Arabic Numerals

Round 4 – Ancient India• QUESTION 3:

This man, the founder of the Mauryan Empire, politically unified India for the first time

• ANSWER: Chandragupta Maurya

Round 4 – Ancient India• QUESTION 4:

Name the three pillars of Indian life

• ANSWER: Caste System, Family, Village

Round 4 – Ancient India• QUESTION 5:

This man was instrumental in spreading Buddhism throughout India and Southeast Asia

• ANSWER: Asoka

Round 5 – Ancient China• QUESTION 1:

Chinese civilization rose along these two rivers

• ANSWER: Huang He and Chiang Jiang

Round 5 – Ancient China• QUESTION 2:

This is the idea that a dynasty’s right to rule is handed down from the gods

• ANSWER: Mandate of Heaven

Round 5 – Ancient China• QUESTION 3:

This Chinese philosopher believed that people were essentially good and could therefore be trusted

• ANSWER: Confucius

Round 5 – Ancient China• QUESTION 4:

This explains the rise, height and fall of the Chinese dynasties

• ANSWER: Dynastic Cycle

Round 5 – Ancient China• QUESTION 5:

This Chinese philosophy was based on the idea that all people are inherently evil

• ANSWER: Legalism

Round 6 – Miscellaneous• QUESTION 1:

What A.D. stands for and what it means

• ANSWER: Anno Domini – in the year of the Lord

Round 6 – Miscellaneous• QUESTION 2:

Significance of the Neolithic Revolution

• ANSWER: Agriculture/Farming/Food Producing

Round 6 – Miscellaneous• QUESTION 3:

Greatest contribution of the Phoenicians

• ANSWER: Alphabet

Round 6 – Miscellaneous• QUESTION 4:

Significance of the Hebrew people

• ANSWER: First Monotheistic Religion

Round 6 – Miscellaneous• QUESTION 5:

List the River Valley Civilizations from WEST to EAST

• ANSWER: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus Valley, Huang He (Yellow River) Valley