World Religions
This religion believes in Jesus as the Son of God
Christianity
This river was the foundation of Ancient Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile?
Rome replaced its monarchy with this form of government in 509 BCE.
What is a republic?
This trade network connected China to Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
What is the silk road?
The Neolithic Revolution marked the shift from hunting and gathering to what method of getting food?
What is farming?
This religion believes in Muhammad as its prophet.
Islam
This person was the leader of the Egyptian society and relgion.
Who was the pharaoh?
This policy provided free food and entertainment to keep the Roman population under control.
What was bread and circuses?
This Chinese philosophy emphasized respect for authority, education, and social harmony.
What is Confucianism?
The domestication of plants and animals allowed humans to do this instead of migrating constantly.
What is settle down/create cities?
The first of the "Abrahamic Religions."
Judaism
Early civilizations often developed near rivers because flooding provided this essential farming resource.
What is fertile soil?
This leader destabilized Rome and began the transition from a republic into an empire.
Who was Julius Caesar?
This group was considered especially important in Han China because it produced food and paid taxes.
Who were farmers?
This term refers to extra food produced beyond what a society needs to survive.
What is surplus?
Started by Siddhartha Gautama in India.
Buddhism
These officials were responsible for reading, writing, and record-keeping in Ancient Egypt.
Rome fought this rival power in the Punic Wars.
Who was Carthage?
The Great Wall was expanded during the Wei Dynasty to keep out this group.
Who were the Rourans?
Having a food surplus made this major social change possible in early societies and economies. Each person can focus on what they do best.
What is job specialization?
The oldest of the major religions, includes a caste system.
Hinduism
This Egyptian belief emphasized balance, order, and justice in society.
What is Maat?
This is why the Roman Empire eventually split into Eastern and Western halves.
What is it became too large to govern effectively from one capital?
This river is associated with the earliest Chinese civilization.
What is the Yellow River?
List at least 2 results of the Neolithic Revolution.
Permanent settlements, population growth, specialization, and the rise of civilizations.