Paleolithic Age

River Valley

Civilization

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Ancient Religions Vocab

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• Homo Sapien Sapiens (Modern Humans) were first found on this continent.

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• Africa

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• Early humans were nomadic, which means….

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• They traveled around living in different places, often times in search of food.

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• Farmers cleared land by cutting trees or grasses and then lighting them on fire and burning them:

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• Slash and Burn Farming

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• What was the Neolithic Revolution?

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• When humans stopped being nomadic and settled down in small villages. This was due to their new found ability to farm.

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• Cave paintings, and stone tools where most likely found during what time period?

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• The Paleolithic Age

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• This river was essential to the survival of the Ancient Egyptians

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• The Nile

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• The Tigerus and Euphrates Rivers flowed through this ancient civilization.

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• Mesopotamia

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• The Gangues River was the center of live for the people of the…

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• Indus River Valley

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• The Fertile Crescent refers to the land around what ancient culture?

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• Mesopotamia

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• The writing of Mesopotamia is called…

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• Cuneiform

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• The law of an “eye for an eye,” came from this ancient set of laws…

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• The Code of Hammurabi

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• The writing of the Ancient Egyptians was called

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• Hieroglyphics

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• Cities in the Indus River Valley were set up in this fashion…

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• A grid system

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• This was the actual function of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids…

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• They were tombs

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• This story from Mesopotamia is about a king and his search for immortality.

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• The Epic of Gilgamesh

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• This ancient religion came from India, but did not flourished until it reached Asia

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• Buddhism

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• The caste system became an important part of this Indian religion

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• Hinduism

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• This is the name of the Hebrew bible, also known as the Old Testament to Christians

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• The Torah

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• The Upanishads are a major part of what religion?

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• Hinduism

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• Heaven in Buddhism is called …

• While heaven in Hinduism is called...

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• Nirvana

• Moksha

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• Remains, such as tools jewelry, pottery, and other things made by humans

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• Artifacts

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The belief in one god is called…

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• Monotheism

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• The belief in many gods is called

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• Polytheism

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• They Dynastic Cycle was dictated by…

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• The Mandate of Heaven

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• What is a Minotaur?

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• A monster from ancient Greece which had the head of a Bull and the body of a man. Said to have eaten human flesh.