Early River Valley
Geography
Enduring Issues
Belief Systems
Classical Greece
100

This civilization is located on the Indus River

What is the Indus River Valley?

100

This body of water is used for trade, linking Asia, Europe and Africa.

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

100

The argument for your essay.

What is a thesis?

100

The belief in one god

What is monotheistic?

100

This is the blend of Persian, Egyptian, Greek, and Indian cultures.

What is Hellenism?

200
The area of land called between the two rivers, rich for farming. (Tigris and Euphrates)

What is the Fertile Crescent?

200

This geographic feature allows for open space and lots of farming

What are plains/grassland?

200

You need this in your essay in order to back up your point.

What is evidence/ outside information?

200

A way of thinking, and a way to live your life by. No worship of higher power.

What is philosophy?

200

This geographic feature divided up Greece and resulted in independent city states like Athens and Sparta.

What are mountains?

300
This was created to maintain order in Mesopotamia.

What is the Code of Hammurabi?

300

A positive of having mountains in your civilization

What is protection/natural barrier?

300
A new way of addressing a problem

What is innovation?

300

This belief system is polytheistic, originated in India, believes in reincarnation, and plays a major role in this civilizations social system.

What is Hinduism?

300
Alexander the Great did this througout his empire to spread Greek culture.

What is setting up Greek style cities?

400

This was developed in China to adapt to their mountainous environment.

What is terrace farming?

400

This is a geographic feature that is surrounded by land and used for trade and travel.

What is a sea?

400

This is the influence or control over a group of people

What is desire for power?

400

This philosophy created in China, believes in filial piety, and the 5 relationships.

What is Confucianism?

400

The 3 characteristics of a Golden Age.

What is Peace, Progress, and Prosperity?

500
Job specialization, government, religion, written language, cities, art and infrastructure, social classes, religion

What are characteristics of civilization?

500

Where an event takes place and why it takes place there.

What is geographic context?

500

This is the state of having connections/relations with other countries and civilizations. Usually the result of trade and or people coming together.

What is Interconnectedness?

500

This event was going on in China that resulted in Daoism and Confucianism being formed.

What is the warring states period?

500

This city was not allowed to enjoy luxuries.

What is Sparta?

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