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  • What was the divine source of authority and the right to rule of China's early kings and emperors called?
    Mandate of Heaven (Heavenly Mandate)
  • What is the name of the mountains located in south and southwestern China?
    Himalaya Mountains
  • What archaeological find showed that the Indus Valley people (Harappan Civilization) believed in good hygiene?
    The Great Bath (or "that really big pool that was in the video"
  • What desert in China is sometimes called "The Sea of Death"?
    Taklamakan
  • Name of the major trade route that ran through China
    The Silk Road
  • The Minoan people were from what island?
    Crete
  • The Nile River empties into what sea?
    The Mediterranean Sea
  • What is polytheism?
    The belief in multiple gods
  • What is monotheism?
    The belief in one god
  • How is bronze made?
    By combining copper and tin
  • What were canopic jars used for?
    The storing and keeping of the internal organs of the pharaohs
  • What is the English name for "Huang He"
    Yellow River
  • Who was the last Pharaoh of Egypt?
    Cleopatra (Cleopatra VII Philopator)
  • What valley is considered the birthplace of civilization in China?
    The Huang He (Yellow River) Valley
  • Pharaoh Tutankhamen's more common nickname is what?
    King Tut
  • Indoor toilets were found in the ruins of what ancient civilization
    Indus River Valley (Harrapan Civilization)
  • What ancient peoples occupied a narrow tract of land along the coast of modern Syria, Lebanon Palestine and Isarel?
    The Phoenicians
  • The confluence of what two rivers created the fertile crescent?
    Tigres and Euphrates
  • What is the name of the two largest deserts in China?
    Gobi and Taklamakan
  • Provide an example of standardization.
    bricks all having to be the same size. Standards in weights and measures
  • Embalming is used during what funerary process?
    Mummification