6th Grade Terms First Semester

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  1. 4. Egyptian writing system
  2. 6. Early group of people who lived in lands between Mesopotamia and Egypt. They developed the religion Judaism.
  3. 8. A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes
  4. 10. The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years.
  5. 13. Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
  6. 14. Capital of Israel
  7. 15. In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties
  8. 17. Buddhism holy book
  9. 20. 2340 B.C. leader of the Akkadians who overran the Sumerian city-state and set up the first empire
  10. 21. in Egypt Polytheistic; Pharoahs were considered gods; believed in mummification & afterlife; build temples that were used to bury the Pharoahs
  11. 22. belief in more than one god
  12. 23. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
  13. 25. A civilization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley, noted for development of an alphabetic writing system and a major iron working industry by 500 BCE
  14. 27. written and other recorded events of people
  15. 29. A person who moves from place to place in search of food
  16. 30. a term for the books of the Bible that make up the Hebrew canon.
  17. 31. Civilization Another name for the Indus River Valley civilization; known for advanced cities of Mohenjo-Daro
  18. 32. A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires.
  19. 33. The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were centered around.
  20. 35. a non-religious label of the years after 1, formerly AD
  21. 37. societies societies that depend on hunting wild animals and gathering uncultivated plants for survival
  22. 39. the period of time before written records
  23. 40. Founders of Hinduism, crossed into Indus river valley from Hindu Kush Mountains
  24. 42. River Valley A valley and early civilization along the Indus River, one of the longest rivers in the world.
  25. 43. In Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding
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  1. 1. David Second king of Israel. He united Israel. He also made Israel a powerful nation.
  2. 2. An epic poem from Mesopotamia, and among the earliest known works of literary writing.
  3. 3. a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader
  4. 5. A large, almost landlocked arm of the Atlantic Ocean touching Asia, Africa, and Europe
  5. 7. Caste System system put into place by the Aryan invaders of India to supress the native people; strict social hierarchy with priest and warriors at the top and untouchables on bottom
  6. 9. Noble Truths as taught by the Buddha, the four basic beliefs that form the foundation of Buddhism
  7. 11. A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament.
  8. 12. of the period prior to Christian Era. Previously BC
  9. 16. (Buddhism) Name given to reaching the state of perfect peace in Buddhism.
  10. 18. The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
  11. 19. Gautama founder of Buddhism, aka buddha
  12. 24. Ancient Egyptians built them as tombs, One of the 7 Wonders of the World. (But specifically the Pyramid of Giza)
  13. 26. means enlightened one, founded by Siddhartha Guatama, religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha; taught that the way to find truth was to give up all desires
  14. 28. A collection of 282 laws. One of the first (but not THE first) examples of written law in the ancient world.
  15. 34. A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
  16. 36. Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism.
  17. 38. A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms
  18. 41. A government ruled by a king or queen