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Prime Meridian - The line that connect the North pole and the South pole
Hemispheres - Two parts of the earth divided by the equator ( Northen and Southern)
Longitude - Lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole
Map key - explains the symbols on the map
Scales- used on maps as a tool for measuring distance

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Irrigation-  NMethod of dring water to a field from another place to water crops
Hammurabi's Code - Collection of laws created by Hammurabi that covered almost every aspect of daily life
City-state -independent sate made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages
cuneiform - Sumerian system of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings

Babylon – a city on the Euphrates River that was home to Hammurabi

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Polytheistic

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Upper Class- Kings, priests, goverment officials, and scribes
Middle Class- Artisans, merchants, famers, and fishers
Lower Class- Slaves

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Cuneiform , scribes, sailboat, wheel, bronze , levees, and number system

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Cuneiform

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Hammurabi’s code

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Reincarnation- Rebirth of the soul or spirt in different bodies over time
Karma- in hinduism, the good or bad energy a person build up based upon whether he or she live a good or bad life
Caste - social group a person is born into and cannot change
Dharma- In Hinduism, the divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their past
Hindusim- system of religion that grew out of the religion of the Aryans in ancient India

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Heroglyphics - System of writing make up of thousands of picture symbols developed by the ancient Egyptians
Pyramid - A tomb built for Egyptian Pharaohs
Nile River Valley  - River that supported the Egypatian Civllization
Pharaoh-  all powerful king in ancient Egypt
Domestication- to tame animals and plants for humans use

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Moses - A porphet of God who was given the Ten Commandments
Ten Commandments- Laws given to moses by god; part of the torah
Prophet- person who claims to be instructed by God to share God's word
Torah - First 5 Chapters of the Old testament
Synagogue - Jewish houes of worship

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Mandate of heaven - The belief that the chinese king's right to rulecame from the gods
Acupuncture- Chinses practice of easing pain by sticking thin needles into patients skin
Silk Road- large network of tade routes stretching from western china to mediterranean sea
Social Class- group of people who share a similar position in society
Dao - The proper way chinese king expected a rule under the Mandate of heaven

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Athens- An ancient city- state of grece that developed democrracy
Socratic Method- a way of teaching that used qustions and ansers to make students to use their reason to see things for themselves
Sparta- anciet city- state of greece that was miliary focued
Direct Domocracy - Athens government, by the people , citizens share in running the government,each citizen

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- Surrounded by deserts
- Longest river in the world
-successful near river

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-Deserts
-Cataracts
-Delta marshes

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Polyheistic

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Pharaohs
Upper Class - nobles, priests and goverment officials
Middle Class - Artisans, traders , scribes, and shopkeepers

Farmers and Herders -  largest group

Unskilled Worker -

did physical labor & lived in the city

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Papyrus , Hieroglyphics, and Papyrus

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A dynasty was developed. A line of rulers from one family, and Theocracy- political ruler and religious ruler same person

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Story of Abraham and Moses travels and struggles 

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Story of Abraham and Moses travels and struggles 

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- Brahmins- priest

- Kshatriyas-Warriors and rulers

-Vaisyas-Common people

-Sudras- Unskilled laborers

and servants

-Pariahs- Untouchables

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-Mountains & deserts isolate & protect China from other
- China has very little farmland because much of the country is either mountains or deserts.
-Flooding of the river brought destruction and good farming conditions to China

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- Kings and his family
-warlords and other Royal officials
- Farmers
- Merchants, shopkeepers, Traders, and Bakers

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Gunpowder,  compass & woodblock printing

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- rulers were part of a dynasty
- rulers were called emperors

- Emperors believed they received wisdom and power from the gods, spirits, and ancestors.