Rollin' Down
the River
the River
This region of the world gets it's name by being between two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates.
Mesopotamia
This word, derived from the Greek stems for "one" and "god", literally means: the belief in one God.
Monotheism
Ancient China borders this relatively new mountain range, which was formed when the Indian plate collided with the Asian plate.
Himalaya Mountains
This state of matter has a definite shape and a definite volume.
Solid
This astronomer pioneered the idea that the continents of earth were "drifting" apart.
Alfred Wegner
Instead of a major river, this civilization developed along a mountainous pennisula, surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea.
Ancient Greece
This Chinese philosophy emphasized proper behavior and respect towards elders.
Confucianism
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Mountains are formed at this type of boundary when two continental plates collide.
Convergent
Ancient India would develop along three rivers: the Ganges, the Brahamaputra, and this river, from where India gets it's name.
Indus
In Hindu tradition, the Supreme Force can be divided into three major Gods: Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu (the Preserver), and this god (the Destroyer).
Shiva
This chemical compound, known as dihydrogen monoxide, is a critical component of organic chemistry and was essential for the earliest civilizations in the world to develop.
Water
This is anything that has mass and takes up space.
Matter
This layer of the earth sits between the thin crust and the hot core. It convects, or flows, over hundreds of thousands of years.
The Mantle
The Yangtze flowed through ancient China's warm and humid southern region, making it the ideal place to grow this crop.
Rice
This Greek diety was the patron of both the city of Athens and the city of Sparta.
Athena
This is the continent where the earliest humans originated.
Africa
This is the positively charged subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom.
Proton
This phenomenon was first observed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and proved that the Earth's crust was being moved through convection in the mantle.
Seafloor Spreading
This city would become one of the world's largest empires and it began along the Tiber River, in between seven hillls.
Rome
This was the first of Four Noble Truths taught by the Buddha after his enlightenment.
These are the continents of Earth, listed in order from LARGEST to smallest.
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Australia
Convection (Current in a Fluid)
This is not a type of boundary, but it is an interaction with a tectonic plate where magma from the mantle bursts through the thin crust in a single spot.
Hot Spot