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Study Guide for FinalWhat is so special about the Ganges river?
Explain what these Hindu gods were known for Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Sarasvati
How were cities set up in Ancient India?
Name two Ancient Cites?
When did the Aryans come to India?
How is the Indian caste system set up? What parts of the body correlate with the caste levels? Do you agree with the
caste system? Why or why not?
What language did the Aryans use?
Name a few facts on one of the many dynasties of ancient IndiaCompare and contrast Hinduism and Buddhism religionMesopotamiaWhat is cuneiform?
What is a ziggurat?
What is included in a city-state? What is a levee?
What is a city-state?
Who built the Hanging Gardens?
What material were Mesopotamian homes built out of?
Where did the first civilization develop?
Which two rivers is Mesopotamia between?
What types of tablets did Mesopotamians write on?
What were the three major civilizations of Mesopotamia?
Who is Gilgamesh?
What allowed for the increase in population and the development of cities?
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Draw a hierarchy of Mesopotamian society-
What allowed for crops to be irrigated?
How did Hammurabi’s Code of Laws punish people?
What does “eye for an eye” and “tooth for a tooth” mean?
What are some of the inventions or accomplishments of the Mesopotamians, and why are they important?
EgyptWhat did a shaduf do? Why was it important?
How does the average life span of ancient Egyptians compare to present day Americans? Explain Why.
What did Egyptians think the Pharaohs were? Be able to name 6-8 famous Queens or Pharaohs
Draw a social pyramid using Pharaoh, High Priests, Scribes, Farmers and Laborers.
Compare and contrast life for poor and wealthy Egyptians.
What they wore, how the ate, jobs they held,
When the Nile was flooding what did the farmers do?
The following gods and goddesses represented what to the Egyptian peopleExample- Ra was the god of the sun
iris Isis Hapi Kemet Anubis Sobet Wadjet Bastet Nekhbet Mut Khons Bes Taurt Maat Horus Thoth
Hathor What was the Duat?
What does polytheistic mean?
What are 5 tools that Egyptians used to build the pyramids?
Briefly describe the mummification process.
What organ was left inside the body? Why?
What type of government did the Egyptians have?
What are some important facts about the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms?(11/13)
Map
Label the following: ❏ the Western Desert, ❏ the Eastern Desert, ❏ the Nile Delta,❏ the Sinai Peninsula, ❏ the
Mediterranean, Red,and Arabian Sea, ❏ the Gulf of Suez, ❏ the Nubian Desert ❏the city of Babylon, ❏ Nile,
Ganges, Indus, Tigris and Euphrates River, ❏ Syrian & Arabian Desert, ❏ Taurus, Himalayan and Zagros Mountains ❏the
Persian Gulf ❏Bay of Bengal ❏ Indian Ocean.