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Israel & Geography
India
Early Humans
Egypt
Mesopotamia
100
Parallel lines that run vertically around the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What is longitude?
100
An Indian prince.
What is a Raja?
100
Different people do different jobs; made possible by the agricultural revolution.
What is specialization?
100
Strong, wild river rapids.
What is the cataracts?
100
A method of bringing water to crops.
What is irrigation?
200
A person who communicates directly with God and spreads his word to the people.
What is a prophet?
200
Writing developed by the Aryans in India.
What is Sanskrit?
200
The study of earlier time periods and peoples through fossils, and artifacts.
What is archaeology?
200
An area of fertile soil near the mouth of a river.
What is the Delta?
200
King of ancient Babylon, famous for written code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
Day of the week reserved for prayer and rest
What is sabbath?
300
A spiritual teacher and mentor, taught young boys of the upper castes in India.
What is a guru?
300
Invention that make life easier.
What is technology?
300
A ruler in ancient Egypt, representative of the gods.
What is a Pharaoh?
300
Groups of lands under one ruler.
What is an empire?
400
The scattering of the Jewish people around the mediterranean, outside of the homeland (Judah).
What is Disapora?
400
Buddhist shrine shaped like a dome or a mound.
What is a Stupa?
400
A human-made object from the past, such as tools, weapons, fabric, and pottery.
What is an artifact?
400
Reeds growing on the banks of the Nile River used to make paper in ancient Egypt.
What is papyrus?
400
First form of writing, developed by the Sumerians, made up of wedges cut in stone.
What is cuneiform?
500
Ancient text of the Israelites, contains the 10 commandments, influences the life of Jewish people, part of the Hebrew Bible.
What is the Torah?
500
The highest level of enlightenment.
What is Nirvana?
500
An independently ruled city and the land around it.
What is a city-state?
500
Ancient Egyptian form of writing based on symbols and pictures.
What are Hieroglyphics?
500
Complex society with an organized government, writing, religion, social classes, and etc.
What is a civilization?