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6th grade ss final vocab review

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  • Republic
    a form of government in which citizens choose their leader by voting
  • vizier
    a high government official in Ancient Egypt
  • tragedy
    a serious form of drama
  • patricians
    rich and elite land owners (aristocracy)
  • Dictator
    A ruler who has complete power
  • What are the rivers in China?
    Huang He (Yellow) and the Yangtze
  • Shang Dynasty
    farming society, ruled by aristocracy. Remembered for their art and Bronze.
  • plebeians Greece
    commoners
  • philosophy
    a system of beliefs and values
  • regent (egypt)
    someone who rules for a child until they are old enough to rule for themself.
  • Athens
    Largest city of Greece; enemy of Sparta
  • Confusious (China)
    Founder of Confucianism. Chinese teacher and philosopher.
  • Sparta
    City state. Militaristic society.
  • Dharma
    Religious and moral responsibility (hindu)
  • Reincarnation (India)
    the rebirth of a soul in a new body
  • Hammurabi's Code (fertile crescent)
    first written code or set of laws (Eye for an Eye)
  • sarcophagus
    outside coffin of a mummy case
  • Dynasty
    A series of rules from the same family.
  • Why was the silk road important?
    Cultural Diffusion- introduced the rest of the world to Chinese ideas, inventions, and goods.
  • pyramid (egypt)
    triangular burial tome for Egyptian pharaohs during the old kingdom.
  • Vishnu
    Hindu god- preserver of the world
  • Middle Way (india)
    nothing to excess. Not too much and not too little
  • peninsula
    a piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides.
  • delta
    a low triangular area where a river divides before entering into a larger body of water
  • Ahimsa
    Non violence
  • Nirvana
    Great peace or happiness
  • Democracy
    government where the people rule by electing representatives
  • Homer
    A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
  • veto
    to reject
  • pharaoh
    a ruler of ancient Egypt
  • Aphrodite
    Goddess of Love and beauty
  • Mummy
    a dead body that is preserved.
  • Alexander the Great Rome
    King of Macedonia who conquered Greece, Egypt, and Persia
  • "Rivers of Life and Death" (fertile crescent)
    The rivers give both life and death. Life when they supply water for people, crops, animals. Death when the rivers flood and cause destruction..
  • Silk Road (China)
    Ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea; linked China to the Roman Empire
  • aristocracy
    a government ruled by the nobility
  • Osiris (egypt)
    God of Death
  • city-state
    a city that has its own government, laws, and traditions
  • nation
    a political group of people under a single government.
  • Hermes
    Messenger of the gods
  • monsoons
    seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons
  • afterlife
    life after death
  • civil services
    the group of people whose job is to carry out the work of the government
  • Caste System (India)
    the Hindu social class system
  • extended family (china)
    household made up of several generations
  • Ares
    God of War
  • Himalaya Mountains
    mountain range in South Asia.
  • Siddhartha Gautama
    The Enlightened One. Founder of Buddhism
  • migrate
    to move from one place to another
  • What is the cure for human suffering?
    To give up selfish desires.
  • Fertile Crescent
    a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East. Between the Tigris and the Euphrates.
  • astronomer
    a scientist that studies the sky.
  • aqueduct
    a structure that carries water over long distances.
  • currency
    money
  • Poseidon
    God of the sea and earthquakes
  • Qin Dynasty (China)
    1st imperial government. Build much of the Great Wall of China. Not a nice Dynasty.
  • Romulus and Remus
    Twins abandoned and rescued by wolves. Founder of Rome
  • Athena (Greece)
    Goddess of wisdom and war
  • artisan
    a skilled craftsmen
  • Brahma (India)
    creator god
  • Han Dynasty
    focused on Confucianism
  • silt
    a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
  • Shiva
    Hindu god- destroyer of the world
  • immortal
    to live forever
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