Vocabulary
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing.
What is Hieroglyphics?
The rich soil that allowed people to farm is known as...
What is Silt?
The belief that people are evil and need strict laws and harsh punishments is related to this Chinese philosophy.
What is Legalism?
This group of people were the wealthiest in ancient China and ran the government.
Who are aristocrats?
The most famous Pharaoh who ruled for only 10 years.
Who is King Tut?
A series of trade routes that connected Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
What is the Silk Road?
The name of the river where people settled in ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile?
The belief in more than one god is known as...
What is Polytheism?
People that were not allowed to participate in Chinese government.
Who are merchants?
The head of the household in most Chinese families.
Who is the father?
The name given to mountains, deserts and other landforms that acted as walls around a civilization.
What are Natural Barriers?
The names of the two rivers in China where people settled.
What are the Huang He (yellow) and the Yangtze River.
Confucius taught that people must practice _______ _______ or respect for their parents.
What is Filial Piety?
The type of government in which the leader is both political and religious.
What is Theocracy?
The founder of the Chinese philosophy, Legalism.
Who is Han Feizi?
A fan-shaped area of fertile marshland where rivers meet the sea or ocean.
What is a Delta?
The main reason that people settled in river valleys.
What is access to water?
This belief is essential to the Egyptian religion and was the reason for mummification.
What is the afterlife?
The pharaoh was seen as a _________ on earth.
What is a god?
The founder of the Chinese philosophy, Daoism.
Who is Laozi?
What are river valley?
These were predictable in ancient Egypt but caused more damage in ancient China.
What are floods.
These two Chinese philosophies are most closely related and sometimes people followed both.
What are Confucianism and Daoism.
This philosopher believed that anyone who was good at being in charge should be able to participate in government.
Who is Confucius?
Who is Cleopatra?