Mesopotamia
These 2 rivers border Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
This was the name given to the ruler of Egypt.
Who is the Pharoah?
The Indus River Valley can be found in this country today.
What is India (Pakistan)?
This is the effects of a personal actions in this and in previous lives.
What is karma?
to calm and clear the mind, often by focusing on a single object
What is meditation?
This was invented by the people of Mesopotamia.
What is the .... wheel
.... plow
.... calendar
.... levee
This river made the area of Egypt fertile.
What is the Nile River?
This was invented by the people in the Indus River Valley.
What is a ... sewer system
... public water system
This religion was started by a rich prince who gave up his wealth to find happiness.
What is Buddhism?
This is the triangular formation of a river when it flows into a large body of water such as an ocean.
What is a delta?
This was the writing used by people in Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
These were large structures built as tombs for the Egyptian rulers.
What are pyramids?
This was a large fortified area thought to be the center of government for cities in the Indus River Valley.
What is a citadel?
This religion believes that suffering is part of life and the suffering makes you better.
What is Buddhism?
This is the belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
Hammarabi's Code was the first set of these that were written down.
What are laws?
The Egyptians created this substance out of plants to use as paper.
What is papyrus?
This was a cash crop for the people of the Indus River Valley.
What is cotton?
What is teak wood?
This religion is based on sacred texts called Vedas.
What is Hindusim?
This means rebirth.
What is reincarnation?
This group of people from the Mesopotamian area became great traders and were the first to use trade ships.
Who were the Phoneicans?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the stone used to decode Egyptian writing.
This was a building to store a surplus of food, particularly grain.
What is a granary?
This religion was spread across Asia by merchants.
What is Hinduism?
This is a state of blissful peace in Buddhism.
What is nirvana?