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level: Level 1 of CHAPTER 4-5

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level questions: Level 1 of CHAPTER 4-5

Question	Answer
The concept of _ is anchored on grouping of places based on common characteristics.	Region
Group of people who share a common culture	Ethnic group
System of writing invented by the Sumerians	Cuneiform
the history of ancient egypt	2,500 years ago
the greek historian who travelled to egypt in an attempt to discover the source of the nile	herodotus
egypt was the ___	the gift of the nile
was central to egyptian life	religion
was the chief god. declared to have given birth by himself	amon-re
important god who was believed to be the ruler of the nile and the spirits of the dead	osiris
the state god of egypt	amon
god of the dead dating to the old kingdom	anubis
goddess of the cataract region	anukis
goddess with an ancient cult center	bastet
personification of the nile	hapi
golden one	hathor
falcon god	horus
Wife of Osiris	isis
creator god	khnum
goddess of truth	ma'at
moon god	khons
early god of CORTOS	min
a war god	montu
war goddess	mut
goddess of sais	neith
the god of the dead	osiris
the sun god of heliopolis	re
lion headed goddess	sekhmet
the brother of orisis, isis	seth
crocodile god	sobek
god of wisdom	thoth
cobra goddess	wadjet
which was a mixture of sodium bicarbonate	natron
process of embalming / to put into acromatic resins	ut
pitch or bitumen which was used in embalming	mummy
underworld	tuat
soul of the royal deceased on his journey	ka
great house / the ruler of egypt but was also worshipped as the god horus	Pharaoh
gov't of ancient egypt / form of gov't wherein the ruler is believed to be god or of divine virgin	theocracy
the ancient egyptians invented their own system of writing called ___	hieroglyphics
the first cataract of the nile	upper egypt
delta region north	lower egypt
is a mythological creature	sphinx
the average weight of the limestone blocks that were used for the pyramids was	2.5 tons each
one of the greatest pharaohs	rameses II
2920-2575	archaic period
1572-2134	old kingdom
2050-188	middle kingdom
1570-1090	new kingdom
dominate the landscape to the north of india	himalayas and the hindu kush
most imprtant role in shaping of indian civilization	himalayas
provided the gateway for the entry of diff. groups	hindu kush
moved into india / pastoralists who were in constant search for land / "dark-skinned", "fair-skinned"	aryans
oldest indian documents / collection of prayers, hy,ns	vedas
god of war	indra
sky god	varuna
god of fire	agui
india's greatest epic	mahabharata
one of the most complex religions of the world	hinduism
first belief	belief in a god
second belief	law of dharma
third belief	law of krama
fourth belief	doctrine of reincarnation
fifth belief	moksa
developed as a quest to find an answer to bewildering phenomenon	buddhism
ultimate goal of buddhism / the union with the infinite	nirvana
was worshipped as god and savior	buddha
revolt from the tradition and authority	jainism
largest country in east asia	china
a type of soil	loess
was the first prehistoric dynasty of china	xia dynasty
represented the female forces	yin
represented the male forces	yang
rise and fall of dynasties	dynastic cycle
believed that human beings were basically good and born with te or moral being	kong-fu zi
he identified the five relationship that existed	confucius
first emperor	shi huangdi
divided into two distinct periods: fortner han or western han and later han or easter han	han dynasty
the product of their effort	han synthesis