| Chapter 2 Study Guide Early River Valley Civilizations SECTION 1 1) List and explain the Sumerian challenges. 2) List and explain the Sumerian solutions to these problems. 3) Describe what Hammurabi’s code and what it was used for. 4) Explain what a city-state is and who the first to develop them were. 5) Define irrigation and explain how it was used. SECTION 2 1) List and explain the Egyptian achievements. 2) Define a pyramid and explain its purpose. 3) Define mummification and explain how long it takes to complete. 4) What are two of the seven steps in the mummification process. 5) Explain the Sphinx and tell what it symbolizes. SECTION 3 1) What age did the humans start to inhabit the Indus Valley and what religion do archeologists believe they may have pursued. 2) What are some of the weather problems the Indus Valley people had to face? 3) Name and explain 2 of the 4 reason of why the Indus civilization may have ended. 4) Was the Indus Valley a subcontinent, define subcontinent 5) What were monsoons, and did the Indus Valley experience this. SECTION 4 1) Name the 4 developments of the Early Chinese Dynasty 2) Which dynasty had walled cities, and what were they used for. 3) Define the Mandate of Heaven and explain it purpose in China 4) Define the Dynastic Cycle and which role it played in the Mandate of Heaven. 5) What are the two parts of the Zhou dynasty and which one was known as the shaping period and why |