Egypt and India Word Scramble

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Egypt and India

Egypt and India and chapter 7 section 1

Question	Answer
What is the nile?	A river
What is a delta?	a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
True or False: There is a desert on either side of the nile.	True
What are some environtmental challenges?	Flooding; Drought
Who are the pharaohs?	The rulers of egypt
What is a theocracy?	Where the pharaohs were viewed as gods.
What was the egypts form of writing called?	Hieroglyphics
What is a papyrus?	The egyptians paper they wrote on
True or False: The egyptians did not have a irrigation system.	False
What are the three kingdoms in egypt?	New Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, Old Kingdom
What is a subcontinent?	a large and distinctive landmass (as India) that is a distinct part of some continent
What is a monsoon?	A wind that changes direction at a predictable time
What are some examples of the Harapan Civilizations planned cities?	Mud brick platforms, grid system, plumbing
What's the problem with the Harappan's written language?	we are unable to read it.
Were the Harappan's mono or polytheistic?	polytheistic
Why did the Harappan Civiliztion end?	They were invaded by the hykos
Could you move around in the Hinduism caste system while you were alive?	No
What is Moshka?	Moshka is it is what the Hiduism people call enlightenment
What are the scared book of the hinduism people?	Vedas and the Rig Vegas
Do Hiduism people believe in reicarnation?	Yes!
Whats the opposite of Dharma?	Karma
Who is the founder of Buddhism?	Siddhartha Gautama
What is the first noble truth?	The truth of suffering
What is the second noble truth?	The truth of the cause of suffering
What is the third noble truth?	The truth of the end of suffering
What is the fourth noble truth?	The truth of the path that frees us from suffering
_____fold path	eight
The hiduism people believe in Moksha. What the Buddhism people believe?	Nirvana
Who was the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire?	Chandra Gupta Maurya
Who was the leader of the Mungals who was very religiously tolerant?	Akbar
What was the golden age of India?	The Gupta Empire
What did Asoka do that helped with travel and what empire was he a ruler of?	He made pitstops every 9 miles-- Mauryan Empire
Who built the Taj Mahal?	Shah Jahan

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