Ancient India
Ancient China
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Vocabulary
100
the most important rivers in India
What are the Ganges & Indus Rivers
100
followers of this ideology believe that a person should live in harmony with nature
What is Daoism?
100
the job that most Mesopotamians did
What is farming?
100
the written language of the Egyptians
What is hieroglyphics?
100
the written & spoken language of the Aryans
What is sanskrit?
200
this is the main goal of Hinduism
What is to be be one with the Brahman?
200
this Chinese emperor is best described as "cruel"
Who is Shi Huangdi?
200
people settled in Mesopotamia because it was near a great source of
What is fresh water?
200
these neighbors of Egypt were mostly friendly
Who are the Nubians?
200
a large landmass extending from a continent that is separated by water & landforms
What is a subcontinent?
300
this man founded the religion of Buddhism
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
300
the first Chinese civilization developed in the river valley of
What is the Yellow River?
300
this group of people helped spread goods & ideas between Mesopotamia & the rest of the known world during their time
Who are the Phoenicians?
300
This nickname was given to the Nile River because it provided Egypt with such fertile soil
What is "the G?ver of Life"
300
an individual unit with its own government & traditions
What is a city-state?
400
the Aryans were able to enter the Indus River Valley by crossing this pass
What is the Khyber Pass?
400
the ancient Chinese believed in these "people" who taught people how to survive
What are superheroes?
400
this Babylonian king created a code of laws for his people
Who is Hammurabi?
400
ancient Egyptians practiced this type of religion, meaning they believed in many gods
What is polytheistic?
400
wedge-shaped writing
What is cuneiform?
500
this is one of the world's oldest religions & today's largest religion in India
What is Hinduism?
500
this long & dangerous trade route required middlemen to deliver goods from sellers to buyers
What is the Silk Road?
500
These Mesopotamians placed an especially high value on war & conquest
Who are the Assyrians?
500
for Egyptians, the most important thing
What is the afterlife?
500
groups of people who have a complex & organized society within a culture
What is civilization?
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