Religion
Term is used to describe religions that worship one god
What is Monotheism?
The earliest form of writing is called this
Cuneiform
The climate in SWANA is mostly
What is, dry, hot, mostly desert
This is the direction the Nile River flows
What is from south to north, or "up"
Egyptian writing system based on pictures and the paper-like material they invented
What are Hieroglyphics and papyrus
These are the three religions in SWANA
What are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism?
Mesopotamia sits between these two rivers
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This sea forms the principle sea route between Europe and India
What is the Arabian Sea?
This characteristic of the Nile helped early farmers in this region come to rely on, leading to the development of civilization in the area?
What is the Nile's predictable flooding season
The two reasons pyramids were built
What are, Tombs for royalty and for kings and pharaohs to demonstrate their power
Abraham, Jesus, and Muhammad all have this in common
What is "they are all prophets"?
Mesopotamia is also called this
What is "The Land Between Two Rivers"
This is the dominant physical feature in Northern Africa
What is the Sahara Desert?
List 3 ways the Nile River is important to life in the region
What are: has provided a source of water, fertile soil, farming, transportation, energy
The pharaoh Ramses II known for
What is Expanding Egypt's empire through conquest
These are the important sites for two of the three relgions
What are, Mecca, Medina, and the Wailing Wall?
The Fertile Crescent is
A region in Mesopotamia known as the "Cradle of Civilizations"
Explain an "oasis" and the impact they had on trade across Southwest Asia
Fertile places in dry areas where water is found; trade caravans traveling across the dry Anatolian and Iranian Plateaus would use them as places to stop along their journey
This is why we study South West Asia AND Northern Africa in one unit
What is, because both regions have many things in common
During this Ancient Egyptian time period did a series of rulers from the same family begin
What is Early Dynastic
Term for the spread of Jews around the world and why did this happen
Jewish Diaspora
Mesopotamians invented early literature starting with this
What is "The Epic of Gilgamesh"?
These are the most valuable resources in SWANA
What are oil and water
OPEC stands for
What is Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
The pyramids tell us this about Egyptian religious beliefs
What is, they believed in an afterlife - in order for one's spirit to continue in the afterlife, their body must be preserved; personal belongings could be enjoyed in the afterlife