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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The importance of water | - Necessary to grow crops - Necessary to drink in order to live - Supplies food and supplies such as fish and reeds |
| Judaism | - Religious Text = The Tanakh - Founder = Abraham |
| Hinduism | - Religious Text = The Upanishads - Founder = No Single Founder |
| Buddhism | - Religious Text = The Middle Way (8 Fold Path) - Founder = Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) |
| Christianity | - Religious Text = The Bible - Founder = Jesus Christ |
| Islam | - Religious Text = The Quran - Founder- Muhammad |
| India's Geography | - Mountains (Hindu Kush, Himalayas) - Rivers (Indus and Ganges) - The Bay of Bengal - The Indian Ocean - The Arabian Sea |
| Monsoons | Strong winds that carry water across the plains. Necessary for crops to grow and the people to live. |
| Dragons | The ancient Chinese compared their water systems to dragons. Head- delta, Body- main river, and Limbs- small streams |
| The Great Pyramis | Located- Giza, Egypt Importance- Largest pyramid still standing; built for Khufu |
| The Trojan War | Fought between Greece and Troy |
| Consuls | Two elected Roman officials; Similar to the US president. |
| Dictator | Elected in case two consuls could not agree in the case of an emergency. |
| Roman Family Support | Given to the wealthy so they would stay in Rome and increase their families |
| The Greeks influenced | The Romans |
| Epistle | Letter written by Paul; found in the New Testament of the Christian Bible |
| Growth of Towns | Towns grew during the Middle Ages as a result of trade being revived |
| Effects of the Crusades | - Money was more common - New ideas - New inventions - Old trade routes re-opened |
| Martin Luther | German monk who was one of the reformers |
| Martin Luther's issue with the Church | The buying and selling of indulgences |
| The Key to Salvation according to Luther | Faith, not works |
| Prince Henry of Portugal | - Cueta - Started bringing African slaves back to Europe and Brazil |
| Deshima | The Dutch based their trade with Japan here |
| Brazil | Claimed by Pedro Cabral for Portugal |
| Import | To bring into a country |
| Export | To send out of a country |
| Conquistador | Spanish conquerors |
| The Three Gs | Gold, Glory, God |
| Magellan | Completed the first circumnavigation |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Map Maker; claimed to have reached South America |
| Cortez | Helped to wipe out the Aztecs |
| The Middle Passage | Journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the New World |