Origins of Civilization
Spending most of your time on one craft/job.
What is Job Specialization?
This civilization created the Phonetic Alphabet.
What were the Phoenicians?
Considered the first great engineer of the pyramids.
Who is Imhotep?
Founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
A large landmass set apart from the rest of a continent.
What is a subcontinent?
Allowed job specialization. (Has to do with farming)
What is Food Surplus?
Mesopotamia was between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Burial place of New Kingdom pharaohs.
What is The Valley of the Kings?
This river holds large spiritual significance to Hinduism.
What is the Ganges River?
Fertile dust blown from the desert.
What is loess?
Considered the world's first city by historians.
What is Uruk?
Hammurabi’s Code consisted of this major rule. (Hint: This rule is mentioned by Jesus in the sermon on the mount.)
What is An Eye for an Eye?
King of Upper Egypt who unified Egypt around 3100 B.C., becoming the first pharaoh of a united Egypt.
Who is Narmer?
Division of society by birth or occupation. (Hint: This system contained five levels)
What is the caste system?
The belief that a ruler gets his right to rule from Heaven and can lose it if he rules unjustly.
What is The Mandate of Heaven?
Challenges Faced by Early Farmers include: (List 3)
What is bad weather, disease, and attacks from nomads?
Known for Hammurabi's Code, which was the first written set of laws, emphasizing justice and societal order. (Hint: Empire mentioned in the Bible)
What is the Babylonian Empire?
The sun god; one of the most important deities.
Who is Amon-Re?
Nomadic civilization of cattle-herders who likely migrated into the region, eventually settled, & took up farming.
Who are the Indo-Aryans?
The Han Dynasty system where government workers were chosen for skill and knowledge.
What is Civil Service?
Name five of the 8 Features of Civilization.
What are Cities, Government, Religion, Job specialization, Social classes, Arts & architecture, Public works, and Writing?
The principle that all individuals, including rulers, are subject to the law, exemplified by Hammurabi's Code.
What is Rule of Law?
These three languages were inscribed on the Rosetta Stone.
What is Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek.
These are the five levels of the Caste System.
What are Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Sudras, and Untouchables?
The cruel and harsh ruler of the Qin Dynasty.
Who is Shi Huangdi?