Birth of Civilization
What is a hominid?
Creature that could walk upright
An important source of water where Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro settled next to.
Indus River
This country is the origin of Hinduism
India
The Buddha was given this name at birth.
Siddartha Gautama
This was the largest constructed object in history until 1311
The Pyramids
What was the fertile crescent?
Birth place of civilization
Why do we have few records from both cities?
Natural disasters/conquered by the Aryans
He's an ascetic and a father, and destroyer of the world.
Shiva
The first noble truth.
All life involves suffering
The black death led to an increase in....
Wages
How did the neolithic revolution change society?
There was a shift from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture
A river that is in Eastern India. Seen as a holy river today.
Ganges River
In this previously British- ruled country, Hindus make up the minority to Muslims.
Pakistan
Buddhists do not worship ____________ because they are caught in the cycle of rebirth too.
Gods
Christopher Columbus was not the first European to enter the modern day United States... What group was it?
The Vikings
What is Hammurabi's Code?
The two major Indus Valley civilizations
Harappa and Mohenjo-daro
Bottom
Achieving this will end desire and therefore suffering.
Nirvana
Which empire that we have covered created concrete?
The Romans
What is the difference between the Multiregional & Out of Africa Theory?
Multiregional: Hominids left Africa, then evolved into humans over time
Out of Africa: Humans left Africa and spread across the world over time
The way that Mohenjo-Daro and other cities were planned in the ancient Indus River Valley, which increased the organization of a city.
What is Grid Planning
This form of writing is the language of Hindu texts.
Sanskrit
We will reach enlightenment only when we do this
detach ourselves from worldly things
Cleopatra, a famous Egyptian Pharaoh, was not actually Egyptian. What ethnicity was she?
Greek