Geography
The largest desert in Africa that is that is hot and dry
What is the Sahara Desert?
Ancient civilization located along the Nile River and built pyramids
What is Ancient Egypt?
The religion that reads from the bible and follows the teachings of Jesus
What is Christianity?
If you cannot vote, have little rights, and one political party controls the government, you live in this type of government
What is an unlimited government?
The largest peak in the Himalayan mountains
What is Mount Everest?
The body of water that separates Africa and Asia
What is the Red Sea?
First civilization of Southern Asia, located in modern day Pakistan
What is Indus River Civilization?
Religion that believes in Karma, celebrates Diwali, and was the first created in India
What is Hinduism?
Important ancient trade route that connected Asia, Europe, and Africa
What is the Silk Road?
Type of government where religious influence controls the law making
What is a theocracy?
Land feature that is a natural boundary between Asia and Europe
What is the Ural Mountains?
Civilizations that controlled the Trans-Saharan Trade Route and was home to the famous city, Timbuktu
What is the Mali Empire?
What is Islam?
The largest democracy in the world is here
What is India?
Ancient civilization located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
Saudi Arabia, Omen, and Yemen together make this land feature
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
The two main resources that the Aksum empire had an advantage of having most
What is ivory and gold?
Along with meditation, this set of lessons is an important teaching of Buddha in the Buddhist Religion
What are the Four Noble Truths?
Trading routes that are traveled by water by ships or boats are known as this kind of trading
What is maritime trading?
Teacher from China who taught respect and good behavior, creating a new philosophy
Who is Confucius?
This major river flows through China and is often called “China’s Sorrow” because of flooding
What is the Yellow River?
The first Chinese dynasty that also had the earliest evidence of bronze work and Chinese writing
What is the Shang Dynasty?
the journey to Mecca that is required for Muslims at least once in their lifetime
What is the Hajj?
European colonialism affected African government in the long term by doing this
What is creating artificial borders?
Unique African country that was never fully colonized by Europe
What is Ethiopia?