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East and South Asia
6th grade WAVE SS South and East Asia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the three Abrahamic religions? | Christianity, Islam, Jewdism |
| Who was the prophet for Christians? | Jesus Christ |
| Who was the prophet for the Jews? | Abraham |
| Who was the prophet for the Muslims? | Muhammad |
| Where do Christians worship? | Church |
| Where do Jews worship? | Synagogues |
| Where do Muslims worship? | Mosque |
| What is the Christians' holy book? | Bible |
| What is the Jews' holy book? | Torah |
| What is the Muslims' holy book? | Qur'an |
| In the Modern Middle East, supplies us with most of our oil? | Saudi Arabia supplies us with petroleum |
| What are the two other names for the Alluvion Plain? | Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent |
| What two rivers surround Mesopotamia? | Tigris and Euphrates |
| What does monotheistic mean? | Believing in one God |
| What is the word for believing in multiple gods? | Polytheistic |
| Were the Egyptians monotheistic or polytheistic? | polytheistic |
| What was the status of a Pharaoh? | king/god |
| What was Gaza? | 10 pyramids built there including the tallest- The Great Pyramid of Khufi |
| What is papyrus | paper like material made from plants |
| Define Deities | gods |
| Define Hieroglyphics | writing system based on pictures created by the Egyptians |
| What type of government is Saudi Arabia? | Oligarchy |
| What country lets terrorists hide in their tall mountains? | Afghanistan |
| Dubai doesn't employ who and does employ who? | Women and Foreigners |
| The heart of the Ottoman Empire was located in which modern country? | Turkey |
| Define sultan | Ottoman leader that appointed officials to collect taxes |
| List the countries of East Asia | Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, China, Taiwan |
| Define Archiplago | group of islands like Japan |
| Define Peninsula | a piece of land jutting out surrounded by water on three side like Korea |
| Define landlocked | country surrounded by land on all sides like mongolia |
| Define the DMZ | demilitarized zone; border between North and South Korea; soldiers on both sides |
| Define loess | yellow soil from the Yellow River or Huang He |
| Longest river | yang-Tzu or Chang Jaong |
| Second Longest river | Huang he or Yellow River |
| Explain the Grand canal | it connects Huang He and Chang Jaong |
| Communist country(s) | North Korea and China |
| Democratic countries | Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan |
| Define Maritime | sea trade routes |
| Define Bartering | deals with money |
| Define Caravan | land travel in long lines of camels |
| philosephers | Lao Tzu Confucius buddah |
| Lao tzu | Daoism the way |
| confucious | Confucius relationships |
| buddah | Buddhism middle path |
| china | beijing |
| n knorea | Pyongyang |
| s korea | seoul |
| japan | tokyo |
| mongolia | Ulaanbaatar |
| taiwan | Taipei |
Created by:
Sara.M
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