Vocab
What is a dynasty?
A family of rulers.
What were the two main rivers in the Fertile Crescent?
The Euphrates and Tigris river.
What was the first type of writing in Mesopotamia.
The first type of writing was Cuneiform.
What mountain acted a sa barrier to the north of India.
The Himalayan Mountains.
What did Shi Huangdi build? Why did he build it?
He built The Great Wall Of China to keep the Mongolians out.
What is polytheism?
The belief in many gods.
The Nile river flowed which way? Which way did the wind blow making it ideal for trade.
The Nile flowed north and the wind blew south.
What was Hammurabi's code based on?
It was based on "an eye for an eye"
What is reincarnation?
The rebirth of a soul in the body of another living thing.
Who was Confucius willing to teach?
He was willing to teach anyone who was willing to learn.
What is a pyramid?
A royal tomb in Egypt.
Why were the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers a blessing and a curse?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers were a blessing because they gave water, fish, crops, and an irrigation system. They were a curse because the rivers would flood and they would have no warning.
Who made an impact by establishing monotheism?
Abraham made an impact.
The middle way would avoid too much ____ and too much ____
Avoids too much pleasure and too much worry.
Why was the Han dynasty able to last so long?
The Han Dynasty was able to last so long because of Liu Bang and Wudi. Wudi focused on the military and improved the Great Wall as well as started the Silk Road. Liu Bang used Confucian principles in governing and chose officials based on skill and ability.
What is cuneiform?
A form of writing that uses wedges and lines.
What happens to the price of goods as they travel along the Silk Road?
They get more expensive.
Lines of ____ run east and west.
Lines of ____ run north and south on a map.
Latitude lines run east and west, Longattide lines run north and south.
Who was the founder of Buddhism and converted to Buddhism after the bloody battle of Kalinga?
Siddhartha Gautama
What happens to the price of goods as they travel along the Silk Road?
As the goods travel farther along the Silk Road they get more expensive.
What is monotheism?
The belief in one god.
They would study the stars.
What is hieroglyph?
A kind of picture writing in which some pictures stand for ideas and others for sounds.
Hindus believed if they lived a perfect life they will become one with ____, Buddhists follow the middle way to reach ____, or everlasting peace.
If they lived a perfect life they would become one with Brahaman and they followed the middle way to Nirvana.
How was the most important trade item in China made?
Silk was the most important trade item in China, it was made form un-spinning silk worm cocoons.