Vocabulary
The audience is who?
A person or group of people that a story or statement is directed at.
This river in Egypt was the lifeline of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.
What is the Nile River?
Hammurabi ruled this ancient civilization in Mesopotamia.
What is Babylon?
Seasonal winds that brought heavy rain or drought to India
What are monsoons?
Who was the 44th President of the United States?
Barack Obama
Define the term purpose.
The reason for taking an action.
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers supported this ancient civilization in Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer (or Mesopotamia)?
Punishments under the Code often depended on this factor about the people involved.
What is social class or status?
This body of water allowed India to trade with East Africa and the Middle East
What is the Indian Ocean?
Which famous ruler of Rome was murdered by one of his closest friends?
Julius Caesar
Define the term significant.
Something of importance.
This Chinese river, also called the “River of Sorrows,” often flooded and destroyed crops.
What is the Huang He (Yellow River)?
Hammurabi’s Code was written on this tall stone monument.
What is a stele?
This Mauryan ruler converted to Buddhism after the bloody Battle of Kalinga.
Who is Ashoka?
True or False? The Great Wall of China is approximately 3,000 miles long.
False. The Great Wall of China is more than 13,000 miles long.
U.S. coast to coast is approximately 2,900 miles.
Define the term Limitation.
a limiting rule or circumstance; a restriction.
Known as the “Fertile Crescent,” this region stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Mesopotamia?
If a builder’s house collapsed and killed someone, this happened according to the Code.
What is the builder could be put to death?
Gupta mathematicians invented this number that is essential to modern math
What is zero?
Where did the word and concept of Democracy oringinate?
Athens, Greece.....507 B.C.E.
What is an Enduring Issue?
An Enduring Issue is a societal issue that is significant and has endured across multiple generations of history.
The Indus River Valley civilization arose in what is today this modern country.
What is Pakistan?
Hammurabi claimed he received the laws from this Babylonian sun god
Who is Shamash?
The Maurya and Gupta Empires were located on this large landmass surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a subcontinent?
Which President of the United States first proclaimed Thanksgiving as a holiday?
Abraham Lincoln, 1863.