Mesopotamia
Two famous rivers located on either side of the fertile crescent
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Longest river in the world
The Nile River
Siddhardtha Guatama founded this religion
What is Buddhism
if you married someone outside your caste this could happen to you
What is become an Untouchable
Highest mountain in the world
What is Mount Everest?
Rich soil that allowed farmers to grow abundant crops
What is silt
4,000 feet in length
What is the length f the Nile?
After Buddha's death these people carried news of Buddhism to other places
Who were missionaries?
At the top of the social classes or caste system
Who were the Brahmins?
To deliberately go without food for a long period of time
What is fasting?
Writing system developed by the Sumerians
What is cuneiform
These are the huge waterfalls of Upper Egypt
What are the cataracts?
One of the world's largest religions
What is Hinduism?
Referred to as a subcontinent because the Himalayas "cut" this large country off from the rest of the continent
What is India?
This group developed ironworking
Who are the Hittites
Famous queen who often dressed as a man so people would think of her as a Pharaoh
Who was Queen Hatshepsut?
To return to this life in another form, depending on one's karma
What is reincarnation?
Worshiped more than one of these
What are gods?
Leader who wanted to get rid of the caste system
Who was Siddhardtha Gautama or the Buddha?
Believed to be the first civilization of Mesopotamia
Who were the Sumerians
This helped make Egypt rich
What is a surplus of food and trading with other countries?
This kind of karma could cause one to come back to a lower caste or even an animal
What is bad karma?
People think the Indians came up with the caste system but it was really this group of invaders
Who were the Aryans