Chapter 4

Early Civilizations in Asia and the Americas

Olmec: A__________ civilization@ of Middle America.

Tributary: small ________ that flows into a larger river.

_______________: city with two-story houses, straight streets, and a sewer system.

The people of _____________ and Mohenjo-Daro built their cities because the area around them was good farmland.

Streets were of a similar layout in all _________ Valley cities.

Possible explanations for the disappearance of ____________:

an earthquake or flood (natural disaster)

attack by invaders

starvation

The roots of ________________ civilization go back to the valley of Huang He

_______________: built first dikes and canals.

The name A_____________ Kingdom@ came from Chinese beliefs that they were the center of the universe.

__________: Chinese dynasty that used bronze weapons and chariots to control their country.

Signs that meant loss of the __________ of Heaven disasters = when the rulers control was weak or a natural disaster occurred.

____________ bones were used to get advise from their Gods or ancestors.

____________ were used as a basis for written language by the people of the Shang periods.

____________ had a religion with many gods, a number system based on 20 with the use of zero.

_____________ was an important religious symbol of the peoples in Middle America.