Ancient Egypt and Nubia
Egypt's main God, the Sun God
What is Amon-Ra
Huang River is how many miles long?
What is 3400 miles
Rainy season in India is called...
Monsoon season
Preserved Egyptian body
What is a mummy
The Nile Rive flows in which direction?
What is north
Writing based on pictures
What is Hieroglyphics
The only land connection between China and the rest of the world
What is the Silk Road
First two cities in the Indus River Valley
What are Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
Valuable crop used to make paper
What is papyrus
The tallest human-made structure in the world until the 1800s
What is the Great Pyramid
Geographical difference between Nubia and Egypt
What is Nubia had tall cliffs of granite rock surrounding the land from the First to the Second Cataract
First great teacher of Daoism
Who is Laozi
The first Indian empire and its ruler
What is Mauryan Empire and Chandragupta Maurya
A mixture of soil and small rocks
What is silt
Confucius was sometimes called...
Who is Master Kung
3 kings who may have unified Egypt
Who are Menes, Scorpion, Narmer
Who wrote the first complete history of China?
Who is Sima Qian
Founder of the Persian Empire
Cyrus II
The three principal forms of Brahman
Who are Brahma (creator), Vishnu (preserver), Shiva (destroyer)
Who are priests and teachers (brahmins); warriors, kings, and other rulers; artisans, traders,merchants; sudras
What is trade
The longest Chinese Dynasty
What is Zhou Dynasty
What are: peaceful living, freedom of thought, respect for nature and animals, becoming one with Brahman, and the belief that good and bad actions will one day affect us
State of pure goodness
What is enlightenment
The 4 noble truths
What are:
1) suffering is part of life for everyone
2) People suffer because they want so many things in life
3) If people can free themselves from wanting so many things, they will not suffer
4) People can free themselves from wants and from suffering by following the Eightfold Path.