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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
People and Places
People and Places
Double Points
100
monotheistic Hebrew religion
What is Judaism
100
Indian system where social class is determined by birth
What is caste system
100
shepherd who became the father of the Hebrew people
What is Abraham
100
located on teh Indian subcontinent below the Hindu Kush mountains, provided irrigation/fertilization for Harappan civilization
What is Indus River
100
What did the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India have in common?
What is located in River Valleys
200
movement of the Jews to other parts of the world
What is diaspora
200
rebirth of a soul in another body
What is reincarnation
200
group of Indo-Europeans who are believed to have migrated to Indian subcontinent
What is Aryans
200
according to the Hebrew bible, the prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt
What is Moses
200
What were the two planned cities in early India that was built to a design name?
What is Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro
300
seasonal wind system that produces wet or dry season in a region, sometimes with heavy rainfall
What is Monsoon
300
monotheistic religion, follows Qur'an, Muslin holy book
What is Islam
300
located on teh Indian subcontinent below the Himalaya mountains, provided irrigation/fertilization for Harappan civilization.
What is Ganges River
300
highest mountains in the world, stretch along Northern India
What is Himalayas
300
Name 3 environmental challenges that the civilization of the Indus Valley had to face
What is wet/dry seasons were unpredictable flooding was unpredictable rivers would sometimes change course
400
ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, thought of Canaan as their Promised Land
What is Hebrews
400
binding agreement, a vow or promise
What is covenant
400
king of the Israelites, defeated the Philistines in 1000BC
What is David
400
Indian who helped lead his country to independence by using non-violent resistance to British rule.
What is Mohandas Gandhi
400
Name the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism
What is existence is suffering suffering comes from wanting people stop suffering by not wanting stop wanting by following the Eight Fold Path
500
migration of the Israelites from Egypt
What is Exodus
500
What is uniform code of law based on Roman law
Justinian Code
500
Wife of Justinian, ruled with him as the Empress of the Byzantine Empire
What is Theodora
500
founder of Buddhism, also known as the "Buddha" or "enlightened one"
What is Siddhartha Guatama
500
What leader divided Rome's empire into east and west empires?
What is Diocletian