Basic Terms
The study of the past.
What is history?
This is the ancient Egyptian system of writing.
What is hieroglyphic?
The effect of good or bad actions on the soul, believed by followers of Buddhism and Hinduism.
What is karma?
The belief that people are born evil and need strict laws and harsh punishments to correct their behavior.
What is legalism?
The process of preserving buddies for mummification.
What is embalming?
Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.
What is an empire?
These huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point at a top were built for pharaohs.
What is a pyramid?
The social structure system of ancient India made up of four distinct groups determined by birth.
What was the caste system?
Creator of Confucianism, a belief system that values social harmony and family structure with the father at the top.
Who was Confucius?
The final capital of Kush, famous for its' rich iron ore deposits.
What was Meroe?
What is climate?
A person's spirit or life force that would remain linked to your body after death.
What is a "ka"?
What are monsoons?
Moral values (knowing right from wrong).
What are ethics?
A period of China's history starting in 481 BC marked by civil war and weakened family structures.
What the Warring States period?
The study of the earth's physical and cultural features.
What is geography?
A form of paper made by a reed-like plant.
What is papyrus?
The original name of the Buddha, creator of Buddhism.
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
Qin Dynasty emperor famous for his public works like the construction of the Great Wall and Terracotta soldiers.
Who was Qin Shi HuangDi?
The name of the civilization that arose in the Indus River Valley between 2300 and 1700 BC.
What was Harappan Civilization?
Hinduism, Egyptian mythology, and Mesopotamian mythology all practice this.
What is polytheism?
A stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The creator god, the destroyer god, and the preserver god of Hinduism.
Who are Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu?
The dynasty when different belief systems like Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism were created.
What was the Zhou Dynasty?
After uniting Upper and Lower Egypt, Menes built his new capital at this location.
What was Memphis?