Religions Around the World
This religion originated in the Indus River Valley and is a polytheistic religion, meaning they worship thousands of deities.
What is Hinduism?
This was unified into a single system of walls to protect the empire from attacks from the north during the Qin Dynasty.
What is the Great Wall of China?
The first civilizations were formed in _____ valleys.
What are rivers?
This is a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority. Think of a pyramid or triangle...
What is a heirarchy?
This is a complex society in which a large number of people live.
What is a civilization?
Daoists believe we should strive to achieve peace and harmony with ____.
What is nature?
This mountain range is located in northern India and is the tallest mountain range in the world. Mt. Everest is located here!
What are the Himalaya Mountains?
The Babylonian Empire was located in the ancient civilization of ____.
What is Mesopotamia?
These codes are a well-known example of a ‘code of conduct’ or laws in Ancient Mesopotamia to maintain peace and encourage prosperity.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This was a major point where people learned how to domesticate animals and develop agriculture.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
In this religion founded in India, there is no worship of gods. Instead, one’s spiritual journey is guided by their own determination and their teacher.
What is Buddhism?
This person studies the Earth, its physical features, and environment and the effects of human interactions with them.
What is a geographer?
This nickname was given to the Mesopotamian region due to the rich soil created by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
_______ is the clearest code of conduct that is presented in Judaism.
What are the 10 Commandments?
After the Neolithic Revolution, humans stopped living a ______ lifestyle and lived in permanent settlements.
What is nomadic or nomadic lifestyle?
Confucians believe we should strive for peace and harmony with _____.
Who are others in society?
When you put the ____ and ____ of a location together, you get two coordinates that show where that place is on a grid that cartographers created to put on maps.
What are latitude and longitude?
These two rivers are the defining rivers of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This is the name for people tainted by their birth into a caste system that deems them impure, or ‘less than human.
Who are the Untouchables?
When people do this, they change their behavior and change the world around them to meet their needs.
What is adapt or modify?
This is the world's oldest monotheistic religion which was the basis for both Christianity and Islam.
What is Judaism?
This body of water is surrounded by Europe in the North, Africa in the south, and Asia in the east.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This was a system of writing founded in Mesopotamia. The Code of Hammurabi was written in this!
What is cuneiform?
This is the idea that people should respect their parents and elders.
What is Filial Piety?
This type of farming is the practice of cutting flat areas out of a hilly or mountainous landscape in order to grow crops.
What is terrace farming?