Vocab
What Is the Definition Of Domesticate?
To tame animals for different purposes.
Over which vast desert does the course of the Nile River flow?
The Sahara Desert.
What individual was resposable for the Chinese social movement?
Confucius.
What is a hierarchy?
The social order of who is more important than the next, or has more power.
This Religion Is Polytheistic and belives in the universal law of cause and effect (karma)?
Hinduism
What Is the Definition Of Civilizations?
A complex, structured, social order.
Why is the Fertile Crescent known as such?
Because its fertile land in the shape of a crescent.
Who was the leader/founder of Christianity?
Jesus
What is an empire?
A large spanning civilization that takes control of multiple areas.
What Indian philosophy is based on teachings attributed to Buddha?
Buddhism
What Is the Definition Of a Dynasty?
A ruling family.
Why did civilizations develop near the Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile rivers?
Because they had fertile soil that they needed for farming.
Who was the founder/ leader of Islam?
The Prophet Muhammad.
A group of people who are always moving( following their food).
What religion is based on the sacred scripture of the Bible?
Christianity.
What Is the Definition Of Prehistory?
The time before recorded events.
What mountain range forms the eastern border of the Fertile Crescent?
Zagros Mountains
Who is the founder/ leader of Judaism?
Abraham
A system of social classes.
What Belief system focuses on the importance of morality and personal ethics?
Confucianism.
What Is the Definition Of Animism?
The belief that spirits live in animals.
In what ways do the Nile and Tigris-Euphrates rivers flow?
The Nile river flows North to South.
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow Northwest to Southeast.
What was Hammurais´ code
A system of laws in Mesopotamia.
What is a prophet?
A messenger from god(s).
Torah