Mesopotamia
This area of land is located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamia.
River in Egypt that flooded yearly helping to fertilize the land.
What is the Nile?
First born son of Abraham.
Who is Ishmael?
People who settled in the Indus Valley and established the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
What is the Harappan civilization?
Name given to this major trade route to China.
What is the Silk Road?
This curved area stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea and was very good for farming.
What is the Fertile Crescent.
Structure used as a tomb for the Pharaohs.
What is a pyramid.
God changed his name to Israel.
Who is Jacob?
Nomads believed to have moved into the Indus Valley and conquered the Harappan Civilization.
Who are the Aryans?
These natural land features kept China isolated from the rest of the world.
What are mountains, deserts, and the Ocean?
System of watering plants using canals or manmade waterways during developed by Sumerians
What is irrigation?
This artifact was used to help decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Jewish holiday celebrating God's sparing the first born by placing blood on door posts of the home.
What is Passover?
Written language of the Aryans.
What is Sanskrit?
Form of religion or worship practiced in Ancient China.
What is ancestor worship?
Independent forms of governments developed from individual villages or cities.
What are city-states?
Process used to preserve the body by the Egyptians.
What is mummification?
This person was the last Judge of Israel.
Who was Sammuel?
Major religion of Ancient India.
What is Hinduism?
The Zhou belief that heaven gave the king his right to rule but required him to rule righteously.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Wedge shaped writing system developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
Became Pharaoh at the ripe old age of nine.
Who was Tutankhamun? (King Tut)
Agreement in which God promised to establish David's throne forever.
What is the Davidic Covenant?
This religion was introduced by Siddhartha Gautama.
What is Buddhism?
Chinese philosopher whose teachings greatly influenced China's classical age.
Who is Confucius?