Neolithic Revolution
The name for people who wander from place to place, hunting and gathering food.
What are nomads?
This civilization developed hieroglyphics and was ruled by pharaohs.
What is Egypt?
This classical civilization was located on a mountainous peninsula with an irregular coastline.
What is Greece?
This early series of trade routes extended from China throughout multiple continents in the Eastern hemisphere.
What is the Silk Road(s)?
This faith system is associated with karma, moksha and reincarnation.
What is Hinduism?
When a group of nomadic peoples forms a settlement, it is a ___________________, or steady food supply, that often allows for it.
What is a food surplus?
This civilization was situated near the Yellow and Yangtze River Valleys.
What is Ancient China?
This Greek city-state is known for having a direct democracy, and for its many philosophers and writers.
What is Athens?
This Chinese philosophy proposes that humans are inherently devious, and that rulers need to implement harsh punishments and rewards to keep order.
What is Legalism?
This faith system is associated with reincarnation, karma and nirvana.
What is Buddhism?
These are two of the three primary reasons early humans settled around river valleys in the fertile crescent:
What are fertile soil, access to transportation, and access to irrigation/drinking water.
This is a type of farming in which enough food is produced for a family, and not usually with the intent to make a profit.
What is subsistence farming?
This is the name for the system of laws in Classical Rome.
What are the Twelve Tables?
This dynasty of India is responsible for the Golden Age of Classical India.
What is the Gupta?
This philosophy centers respect for tradition, elders and moral rightness.
What is Confusianism?
These are three of the six characteristics of civilization.
What are government, social classes, job specialization, food surplus, writing system, and religious beliefs/a faith system.
Cuneiform, and Hammurabi's Code, come from this Fertile Crescent civilization.
What is Mesopotamia?
This term means "Roman Peace," and refers to Rome's Golden Age.
What is Pax Romana?
Asoka, a famous ruler of this Indian dynasty, converted to Buddhism after witnessing war and death.
What is the Maurya?
This is the name for the moral code of conduct that Muslims are expected to follow.
What is the Five Pillars or Five Pillars of Islam?
These are the names of four of the six rivers around which significant early civilizations formed:
What are the Nile (Egypt), Tigris and Euphrates (Middle East), Indus (India) and the Yangtze and Yellow in China.
This ancient Indus River Valley city was well-planned, and highly organized; the roads and city were organized on a grid pattern. (name one)
What is Harappa or Mohenjo-Daro?
This is the name for a mix of Greek, Egyptian, Persian and Indian culture that was prevalent under Alexander the Great.
What is Hellenistic?
These are the names of two of the five primary castes in the Indian social class system.
What are the untouchables, sudras (laborers), vaisyas (merchants), brahmins (priests), and the kshatriyas (warriors).
This nature-based religion was practiced in Feudal Japan, and was common among samurai.
What is Shinto/Shintoism?