Geography
Benefit provided by settling near a river?
What is silt/farming?
To believe in one God
What is monotheism?
Name of the paper created in Ancient Egypt.
What is papyrus?
Name of the man who created the worlds first empire.
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
India's Strict social structure.
What is the caste system?
What is the direction the Nile flows? (backwards)
The concept of death and rebirth.
What is Reincarnation?
Number system created in Ancient Harappa.
What are the Hindu-Arabic Numerals?
Female ruler of Egypt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Typically the LOWEST class on all social classes.
What are slaves/farmers?
Benefits provided by mountains
What is protection against outside invaders and silt?
The TWO religions we have learned about as monotheistic.
What is Judaism and Buddhism?
First person to achieve Nirvana
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
The kings of Israel - in order!
Who are King Saul, King David, and King Solomon
Egypt had a _________________ social structure
A. Strict
B. Relaxed
What is strict?
The two river associated with Mesopotamia
What are Tigris and Euphrates?
Pharaohs were considered to be _____________, meaning they had absolute power.
What is a demigod?
Inventions from Mesopotamia. (3 tools)
What is a wheel, plow, and irrigation ditches?
First written code of laws (Mesopotamia)
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This discovery allowed Nomadic hunter-gatherers during prehistory to cook, warn off predators, and stay warm.
What is fire?
River associated with Canaan
What is the Jordan River?
Father of Judaism
Who is Abraham?
Built to move water from the river into your fields.
What are irrigation ditches/canals.
Young Egyptian Ruler who's tomb was discovered undisturbed in 1922, giving us insight into life in ancient egypt.
Who is King Tut?
Your social status depended on this.
What is your job/occupation/wealth?
India is referred to as a _______________________ due to it being so large and geographically isolated from other countries.
What is a subcontinent?
Sacred text of Buddhism.
What is the Tripitaka?
Achievements of Ancient Harappa. (3 required)
What are standardized bricks, grid-like streets, and sewer systems?
Egyptian ruler known for being a strong military leader.
Who is Ramses the Great?
King Solomon's high taxes for his temple, citizens did not want it to continue with his son.
List the mountain ranges for each of the follow civilizations:
Mesopotamia, Israel, and India.
What are the Zagros Mountains, Sinai mountain, and the Himalayan mountains.
Explain the difference between the end goal of Hinduism vs. Buddhism
Hinduism = Moksha
Buddhism = Nirvana
List the language created and used by each society.
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel, India
What is Cuneiform, hieroglyphics, Hebrew, and Sanskrit?
Hammurabi's Code was designed based on the idea of _____________.
What is Justice?
List the different ways you could change your social status.
What are marriage, death/reincarnation?