Early Humans
An Artifact
What is an object that was created by humans called
The Nile River's importance to Egyptian Civilization
What allowed the Egyptians to grow food in an otherwise desert ridden area?
The mountains and deserts of China caused this
How was China isolated and protected from the rest of the world?
Reincarnation
What is the ability to be reborn as someone or something else when you die?
A Fossil
What are the remains of a living thing called?
A Paleontologist
Who studies the remains of living things?
The scribes' duties
To write, and keep records for the empire
This person founded Buddhism
Who is Siddhartha Gautama
The Vedas
What was a book of knowledge that became the holy book of Hinduism?
An Archaeologist
Who studies artifacts of old civilizations?
An Anthropologist
The focus of the New Kingdom of Egypt
What was the creation of a strong military
The tenets of Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism
Taoism- Belief in balance, nature, and passiveness
Confucianism- Belief in family and hard work
Legalism- Belief in government, and evil nature of people
Buddhism- Belief in reincarnation with goal of Nirvana (inner peace)
Hinduism- Belief in reincarnation to a different caste in the next life
Dharma
What are the religious and moral duties of each person in Hinduism?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers to the beginning of civilization
What caused people to start growing food instead of hunting and gathering?
The focus and fall of the Old Kingdom of Egypt
What were shrines to their gods/pharaohs, and rebellion of the people
The beliefs of Buddhism and Hinduism
Buddhism- Belief in reincarnation with goal of Nirvana (inner peace, and the removal of desire)
Hinduism- Belief in reincarnation to a different caste in the next life, and to eventually become one with everything (Brahman)
Reincarnation in Hinduism and Buddhism
What is the ability to be reborn into another Caste for Hinduism
What is the ability to be reborn as another person or animal for Buddhism
Three of the characteristics of civilization
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The focus and fall of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt
What were the public works built for the people, and the invasions of outside empires
The important legacies of two of the Chinese Dynasties
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