Bimestral Flashcards
What is a fertile crescent?
large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland.
are the most important physical features of the region sometimes known as Mesopotamia:
The tigris and the euphrates river
What is silt?
a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
What is irrigation?
way of supplying water to an area of land.
What are the canals?
human-made waterways
The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job is called a …..?
division of labor
What is rural?
A countryside
What is urban ?
City
What is a city-state?
consisted of a city and all the countryside around it.
What is an empire?
or land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.
The world’s first system of writing:
Cuneiform
What is a polytheism?
the worship of many gods
What is Priests?
people who performed religious ceremonis
What is social hierarchy?
the division of society by rank or class
What are the cities that composed in the sumerian society
City-state of Ur , Uruk , Kish , Lagash
Is a community of people who share a common culture:
Societ
How many Stone Age people have crossed from Asia to North America?
By using a land bridge
What was one of the most important technical developments of summer?
The wheel.
In the sumerian society , people’ social class or rank depended on their wealth and their :
Occupation
What is a scribe?
A writer
What are the epics?
long poems that tell the stories of heroes.
What is a ziggurat?
a pyramid shaped temple tower
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile river
What is a delta?
a triangle-shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river.
What is a pharaoh?
the title used by the rulers of Egypt. The title pharaoh means “great house.”
What is a dinasty?
series of rulers from the same family.
Who called Egypt the gift of the Nile?
Herodocus
The nile how many miles run?
Runs 4.000miles north to the mediterranean sea
What though the desert of upper egypt?
The nile
What did the silt from the nile made?
Made soil ideal for farming and make the land dark color
Who was the first pharaoh during the first dynasty ?
Menes
The old kingdom lasted from about..:
2700BC, to 2200BC
What was the most famous pharaoh in the Old kingdom ? And in what year did he ruled?
Knufu , 2500s
In the old kingdom what did they practiced?(religion)
Polytheism
What did they think of the afterlife?(old kingdom)
That is was a happy place
Who believed that bural, sites were important especially royal tombs?
Egyptians
In the old kingdom they built a spectacular monument to ….
Bury their rules
What was Anubis?
The god , of the dead
What was Re ,or Amon Re?
The sun god
Who was the Osiris?
The god of the underworld
Who was Isis?
The godness of magic
Who was Horus?
A sky god of the pharaohs
What are the nobles?
people from rich and powerful families.
What is a afterlife?
life after death.
What is elite?
or people of wealth and power,
What are the pyramids?
huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top.
Is a period of order and stability that lasted until about 1750BC:
Middle Kingdom
Is a period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory .
New Kingdom
what is a trade route?
Paths, followed by traders
Who came to power in 1200sBC ?
The pharaoh Ramses 2 or Ramses the Great
Who worked to increase the Egyptian Trade?
Queen Hatshepsuits
What are the hieroglyphics?
Egyptian writing system
What is a papyrus?
A long , lasting paper like material made form reeds
How many symbols did the hieroglyphics used?
600 symbols
Who was the key?(egyptian achivements)
Rosetta stone(1799)
Who were famous of his architecture and art?
Egyptians
What was the most famous structure?
The piramids
What is a sphinxes?
imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals or humans
What is a subcontinent?
large landmass that is smaller than a continent.
Where are the Himalayan Mountains?
In the north of India
Were are the Ghats Mountains ?
Are east and west
What are monsoons?
seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons
What are the India’s two main rivers:
The Ganges and the Indus River
Is the cradle of India’s civilization?
Indus valley
By 2500BCE the entire region was dominated by two cities called:
Harappa, and Mojenjo-Daro
City traded with Iran and neighboring regions in India to the east
Harappa
City traded with the Persian Gulf and Summer to the east
Mojenjo-Daro
How was the regions united?
By a trade
tell 5 achievements of the Indus Valley :
Jewelry made of gold ,agate,jasper,and garnets Peaceful items like toys and jewelry Terra Cotta trade seals Standards weights and measures Writing system
For what did the Great Bath Tanks was used?
For the purification of the body and soul
Symbolized leader whose strength protects the people:
Hump back bull
From who did the Indus culture were conquered?
Aryans
Who were the Aryans?
A nomadic people who migrated into the Indus Valley from Central Asia
What did the Aryans introduced to India?
Iron and the horse chariot
Tell 5 ideas from the New Aryans:
A new government system
A new language( Sanskrit/Hindi)
A new education system
A new social organization called “Caste System”
Two Aryans epics are the “Ramayana , and the Mahabharata”
Its a combination of several religious traditions , and gods of ancient India:
Hinduism
Is the last of the polytheistic believe:
Hinduism
What are the Hindu deities:
Vishnu the “preserver”
Brahma the “creator”
Silva the “destroyer”
there were four main varnas, or social divisions, in Aryan society. These varnas were:
Brahmins or priests,
• Kshatriyas or rulers and warriors,
• Vaisyas or farmers, craftspeople, and traders,
• Sudras
What is meditation?
the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas.
What is Buddhism?
religion based on the teachings of the Buddha.
What is nirvana?
a state of perfect peace.
What are the missionaries?
people who work to spread their religious beliefs,
