Geography
The two rivers that flow through the Fertile Crescent
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The time period in history before Christ
What is B.C.
Man is unique in creation because he alone was created in the image of whom
What is God
The belief in one God
What is monotheism
The Sumerians greatest contribution to civilization
What is the art of writing
The highest place on earth
What is Mount Everest
The time period in history that means "in the year of our Lord"
What is anno Domini or A.D.
The founder of Islam
What is Mohammed
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism
The greatest achievement of the Old Babylonian Empire
What is government and law
The world's longest river
What is the Nile
The way of life of a people
What is culture
The two great kings of the united monarchy of Israel
What is David and Solomon
The three religions that view Israel as the Holy Land
What is Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
List three of India's contributions to mathematics
What is the symbol for not any or zero, place value, a decimal numeral system, modern written numbers, and algebra
The two major deserts of Africa
What are the Sahara and Kalahari
The division of people in Indian society
What is the caste system
He united the two states of Egypt and became the first pharaoh of all Egypt
What is Menes
What major religion developed in the Middle East after A.D. 600
What is Islam
The Egyptian's elaborate writing system containing 700 characters
What is Hieroglyphics
The largest rift in the Earth's surface
What is the Great Rift Valley
The process of transmitting heritage
What is education
This Chinese philosopher taught his followers to respect traditions and honor family ties
What is Confucius
The oldest surviving religion in Japan
What is Shinto
List three combined contributions to architecture, mathematics, or astronomy by the Sumerians
What are:
architecture: arch, dome, vault, and ziggurats
mathematics: gave significance to the number 60 and divided the circle into 360 degrees
astronomy: divided the year into lunar months based on the cycles of the moon