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  • Buddhists follow this to reach nirvana and become one with Buddha.
    The Eightfold Path
  • the strict social class system of ancient India
    caste system
  • a professional writer
    scribe
  • Name at least two monotheistic religions we have studied.
    Judaism, Christianity, Islam
  • the time period before writing
    prehistory
  • fertile soil left behind after the flooding of a river
    silt
  • Name the two rivers that lie within the Fertile Crescent.
    Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
  • Belief in one god
    monotheism
  • What philosophy did the Qin Dynasty rule with?
    legalism
  • Another name for the New Stone Age
    Neolithic Age
  • a Sumerian temple
    ziggurat
  • Who was the founder of Judaism
    Abraham
  • The Han Dynasty restored what ancient Chinese philosophy?
    Confucianism
  • The major change from hunting and gathering to farming and domesticating animals
    Neolithic Revolution
  • Egyptians settled along what river?
    Nile River
  • What does B.C. stand for?
    Before Christ
  • Name one ancient Chinese legacy.
    answers vary
  • What does Mesopotamia translate to?
    the land between the rivers
  • Name all seven characteristics of civilization.
    technology, writing, government, religion, arts, stable food supply, social structure
  • What geographic barrier kept India and China isolated?
    Himalaya Mountains
  • What was the economy of Egypt based on?
    farming and trading
  • What does A.D. stand for?
    Anno Domini
  • What does B.C.E. stand for?
    before common era
  • Name one ancient Egyptian legacy.
    answers vary
  • a social scientist who studies the written records of the past
    historian
  • Belief in many gods
    polytheism
  • Name one group of people from Mesopotamia.
    Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Akkadians, Israelites, Phoenicians
  • Where did people in China first settle?
    Yellow River Valley/Huang River Valley
  • an Egyptian king
    pharaoh
  • What Chinese dynasty became known as the Golden Age of China?
    Han Dynasty
  • a social scientist who studies earth's natural and human-made features
    geographer
  • Name one Sumerian legacy.
    answers vary
  • Who made up the largest social class in Egypt?
    peasants
  • What is the holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims?
    Jerusalem
  • Sumerian writing system
    cuneiform
  • What does C.E. stand for?
    common era
  • the trade route that stretched 4,000 miles across Asia connecting China with Europe and other places
    Silk Road
  • What is the Jewish holy text called?
    Torah
  • How is Hinduism different from all other major world religions?
    It has no single founder/it is polytheistic
  • the way people in a society are organized
    social structure
  • founder of Buddhism
    Siddhartha Gautama
  • What discovery started the Neolithic Age?
    farming
  • a social scientist who studies the past by performing digs and examining artifacts
    archaeologist
  • Another name for the Old Stone Age
    Paleolithic Age
  • Egyptian writing system
    hieroglyphics
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