Unit 1 Civilizations
Who are the Indoeuropeans?
This group of people were seminomadic and built the Megaliths.
What is the United Kingdom of Isreal?
This is the country where Judaism originated.
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
He is the founder of the Mauryan Empire.
What are the Himalaya Mountains?
These are the mountains that lie at the northern border of India and cuts the country off from the rest of Asia.
Who are the Aryans?
Bonus: Why did they do this?
This ethnic group established the Caste System in Indian society.
Who are the Phonecians?
Bonus: Who inspired their writing system?
Bonus: Ancient Egyptians
This group of people are the best sailors and traders of the ancient world.
Bonus: Ancient Egyptians
Who is Yahweh?
This is the name of the god in Judaism.
What is Raja?
Bonus: Which class does he belong to?
This is the name for the Aryan chieftain and means "prince".
Bonus: Kshatriya
What is Harappa and Mohenja-Daro ?
Bonus: How did they protect themselves from attack?
These are the two largest cities in the Indus river valley civilization.
Bonus: build thick city walls
Who are the Sudras?
This class within the Caste System had limited rights, worked as laborers, and mostly comprised of the indigenous population.
Who are the Assyrians?
This group of people were known for their warfare because "used terror as a instrument of warfare" and had an engineering unit in their army.
What is Zoroastricism?
Bonus: Name the god in this religion.
This Anicient Persian religion introduced the idea of good vs. evil.
Bonus: Ahura Mazda
What is spices jewels and textiles?
Bonus: Name what they used for money before coins were introduced.
Indians sold these goods during the Mauryan empire?
Bonus: cowry shells
What is Pakistan?
Indus River valley is in the location of this modern day country.
What is Brahmin and Kshatriya castes?
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This is the priest and warrior castes, respectively.
Who are the Hittites?
This group of people are credited with discovering iron and making the first iron weapons.
What is a prophet?
This is the name for a person who delivers special messages from god.
What is Assassination?
Bonus: name something he did as a result of this fear.
The founder of the Mauryan empire was most afraid of this.
Bonus: Never slept in the same bed twice/ required all food to be tasted in his presence.
What is attack from Aryans?
Bonus: Why has it been disproven?
This theory about the fall of Indus river valley civilizaiton has been disproven.
Bonus: Time discrepancy of 400 years between the end of the Indus River Valley civilization and when the Aryans arrived.
What is zero or none?
Bonus: Name the only example of social mobility in the Caste system.
Within the Caste System, there is this amount of social mobility.
Bonus: Marrying a man one caste above you.
Who is "Cyrus the great"?
Bonus: Anicent Persia spanned across which continents during its height?
This Ancient leader allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem when he found them in Babylon.
Bonus: Europe, Asia and Africa
What is a covenant?
Bonus: Explain this agreement.
This is the term for the agreement between the Jews and their god in Judaism.
Bonus: Jews will abide by 613 commandments and Yahweh will protect them.
What is the Arthashastra?
A brilliant court official of the Mauryan empire by the name of Kautilya wrote this treatise on politics and how to rule.
What are females and animals?
Bonus: (True/false) Indus Valley Civilization's writing has NOT been deciphered by historians.
Indus river valley had pottery sculptures of these types of things.
Bonus: True
What are Jatis?
These are neighborhoods where extended families live together and are all the same castes and work in the same or related industries.