| A | B |
|---|
| globe | model of the earth |
| wild plants and animals | early man depended on these |
| neolithic | new stone age |
| neolithic age | shifted from hunting and gathering to agriculture |
| stonehenge | England archaelogical site |
| tigris river | mesopotamia |
| nile river | egypt |
| nile, tigris, euphrates, indus, huang he | river valleys |
| land between 2 rivers | mesopotamia |
| torah | hebrew holy text |
| cuneiform | sumerians |
| hieroglyphics | egyptians |
| vedas and upanishads | hinduism |
| reincarnation | soul reborn |
| great wall | built to protect china against invaders from the north |
| respect for elders, politeness, education | beliefs of confucianism |
| hera | wife of zeus |
| aristocracy | government ruled by nobles |
| homer | wrote iliad and odyssey |
| zeus | king of greek gods |
| siddhartha gautama | founder of buddhism |
| ancient india | buddhism and hinduism first began |
| buddha | prince before he began his religious quest |
| silk road | trade rout between china and other cultures |
| great wall | built by qin dynasty, still stands today, protect for northern invaders |
| tigris and euphrates | 2 rivers of mesopotamia |
| fertile soil, water supply, protection | reasons why early civilizations began in river valleys |
| scribe | writing specialist |
| fertile crescent | farming first began here |
| stylus pressed into wet clay | sumerian writing |
| hammurabi | specific punishments for each crime |
| old stone age | paleolithic |
| carbon dating | analyze age of fossils |
| indus | earliest civilization in india |
| phoenicians | sailors, traders. developed alphabet |
| cradle of civilization | river valleys - where civilizations first began |
| polytheistic | egyptians, sumerians, and babylonians |
| monotheism, torah, ten commandments | contributions of the hebrews |
| india | caste system |
| mountains and oceans | difficult to invade india |
| yin and yang | represents how the universe is divided into opposing forces |
| dynasties | succession of ruling families in ancient china |
| mandate of heaven | chinese emperors were divine and had the power to rule |
| democracy | government of athens |
| oligarchy | government of sparta |
