Ancient Egypt (pg 88-113)
The river that ancient Egypt is famous for
the Nile river
India is located in the continent of
Asia
The ideas of Confucius are known as
Confucianism
A written code of moral laws written on two stone tablets
The Ten Commandments
An area of land that is surrounded on three sides by water
A Peninsula
Another word for rapids
a cataract
A large landmass that is smaller than a continent
A subcontinent
Another word for prediction
oracle
He led the Hebrews out of Egypt
Moses
The Greek word for a city-state
Polis
This Pharaoh dressed up as a man to not be disrespected
Hatshepsut
The most important language of ancient India
Sanskrit
Another word for moral values
ethics
The bible traces the Hebrews back to a man named
Abraham
A type of government in which people rule themselves
Democracy
Meaning of Pharaoh
"great house"
Another word for social divisions
varnas
Shi Huangdi means
"first emperor"
The first king of Israel
Saul
Another word for rich landowners
Aristocrats
A ruler who unified upper and lower Egypt
Menes
The man that found enlightenment under the tree of wisdom
Siddhartha Gautama
Man-made soldiers that were made to look just like real soldiers
Terra-cotta soldiers
The scattering of the Jews outside of Canaan is called
the Diaspora
Dionysus is the god of
Celebration