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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where did the Sumerian civilization begin? | Tigris and Euphrates river |
| What was Hammurabi's code? | influenced laws |
| What was the Hieroglyphics and who invented it? | Egyptian writing system |
| Describe practice of embalming and what did it result in? | keeps the Pharaohs body after death |
| Who did god give the ten Commandments to? | Moses |
| What did the followers of Judaism believe? | sent laws for humanity |
| Who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and helped them cross the Sinai desert? | Moses |
| The Israelites believed they were descended from whom? | Abraham |
| How was the Israelites religion different from other religions? | believed in one god |
| What was the world's first monotheistic religions? | Judaism |
| Why did the Israelites leave Canaan and go to Egypt? | drought |
| Who was king David and what was he famous for? | 2nd king of Isreal |
| Who was Daniel and what happened to him and why? | went in lions den |
| List the for noble truths? | life full of suffering,follow the 8,suffering stop desire,they suffer because if desire |
| Why did the Buddha tell his followers to follow the Eight fold path? | To end suffering |
| Why did the Aryans develop the Caste system? | better dark skinned people |
| List a way the Arabian Sea might have been used. | trade route |
| Who was in the different classes in the caste system? | 1 Brahmans 2Kshatriyas3Vaisyas4Sudras5Phariah |
| What is the name of the universal spirit that Hindus believe in? | Brahman |
| Who invented the concept of zero? | Indian mathemations |
| Why did the ancient Indians pick the Indus River valley to live? | good farmland |
| How did Buddhism spread to different countries? | teachers spread ideas through trade |
| who believed with Nirivana, eight fold path, 4 noble truths,Buddha ,and Sidharrtha guatama | Buddhism |
| who worship other gods followed caste system and karma and Dharma | Hinduism |