Exam 3: River Valley Civilizations

Which of these best explains why the Indus valley civilization was first thought to have derived from Mesopotamian civilization?

Which of these was used to decipher ancient Egyptian writing?

Agriculture in ancient Egypt was dependent primarily on ________.

The largest cities of the Indus Valley civilization contained about ________ people.

Our information about the Indus valley civilization is greatly limited because archaeologists ________.

Farming began in ancient Egypt about ________ B.C.E.

The story of Si-nuhe indicates that Egypt's elites drew their status from ________.

After comparing the civilizations we have considered so far,what do you consider the essential elements of a civilization? Why?

The Middle Kingdom began when ________ reunited Egypt.

Early Egyptian tombs,appearing around 3100 B.C.E.,were known as ________.

Which of these was the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs?

The Aryans learned ________ from the Harappans.

Amenhotep IV is best known as the pharaoh that ________.

Which of these was one of the first grains cultivated in ancient Egypt?

Hieratic and demotic represent ________ of hieroglyphic writing.

Looking at the map "Land of the Nile," it appears that pyramids were generally associated with ________.

The first cataract on the Nile separated ________.

The first capital of ancient Egypt was ________.

Imhotep is best known for what achievement?

Which of these patterns was illustrated by Akhetaten?