Benchmark Study Guide:Section 1: Vocabulary Review

1. ________________: Moving from place to place in search of food, water and shelter2. ________________: A formal title for the ruler of Egypt.3. ________________: The study of ancient people and cultures.4. ________________: The scattering of the Jews.5. ________________: The belief in multiple gods.6. ________________: A tool used by archeologists to date artifacts and/or fossils7. ________________: The practice of raising crops and animals.8. ________________: Pertaining to monetary exchanges or the trading of goods and services.9. ________________: A highly advanced and developed settlement of people.10._______________: The ultimate goal of Buddhism.11. ______________: The idea that all thoughts and/or actions have future consequences.12. ______________: A large group of states and/or countries under the control of one authority or leader.13. ______________: A person/group sent to spread their religious beliefs (ex. Asoka sent missionaries to spread Buddhism from India to China).14. ______________: Dividing roles and responsibilities within an empire.15. ______________: The holy or sacred texts of Hinduism

Section 2: Label the following rivers, oceans, mountains and civilizations on the map below (India, Indian Ocean, Indus River, Ganges River, Huang He River, China, Hindu Kush Mountains, and Himalaya Mountains).

- Carbon Dating - Polytheism - Enlightenment - Economic - Pharaoh

- Imperial Bureaucracy - Nomadic - Archeology - Diaspora - Missionary

- Empire - Agriculture - Civilization - Karma - Vedas and Upanishads

Section 3: River Valley Civilizations

Section 4: Religions

1) _______________ The Hindu belief that when one dies, they are reborn2) _______________ Where Zoroastrianism originated from3) _______________ The sacred text of Judaism4) _______________ The father of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam5) _______________ Religion that believes in two opposing forces in the universe6) _______________ Beliefs include Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path7) _______________ Law code of the Hebrews8) _______________ Founder of Buddhism9) _______________ Where Buddhism and Hinduism originated10) ______________ People that created the world’s first monotheistic religion11) ______________ The ultimate goal of Buddhists12) ______________ Religion that beliefs in karma and follows the cast system

A) Political Patterns 1) ____ Tigris and Euphrates RiversB) Hammurabi’s Code 2) ____ Huang He RiverC) Social Patterns 3) ____ Centralized government, and written law codesD) Mesopotamia 4) ____ Water for agriculture, protection from invadersE) Phoenicians 5) ____ Great traders and invented the alphabetF) Persia 6) ____ Natural resource of the EgyptiansG) Economic Patterns 7) ____ Trading, agricultural surplus, slaveryH) India 8) ____ Hindu Kush and Himalaya MountainsI) China 9) ____ Civilization located along the Upper NileJ) Nile River 10) ___ Brought the caste system to IndiaK) Nubia 11) ___ Area consisting of rich soil in MesopotamiaL) Aryans 12) ___ Harsh legal system in MesopotamiaM) Reasons for settling in river valleys 13) ___ Established an imperial bureaucracyN) Fertile Crescent 14) ___ Rigid class systems and hereditary rulers

- Torah - Persia - Enlightenment - Ten Commandments

- Hebrews - Reincarnation - India - Buddhism

- Siddhartha Gautama - Hinduism - Zoroastrianism - Abraham

Section 5: River Valley Mapping

Section 6: Stone Ages and Archaeology

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Word Bank:- Mediterranean Sea - Huang He River - China - Ganges River - Nile River- Indus River - Mesopotamia - Egypt - Euphrates River - Nubia- Tigris River - Hinduism - India - Buddhism - Aryans- Pharaoh - Ziggurats

- River A = _________________ - Which two religions originated in 4: - Body of water B= __________________- River C= _____________________ - The title for the ruler of 1: - River D= _________________________- River E= __________________________ - Group that invaded 4: - River F= ________________________- River G= _______________________ - Which religious temple comes from 3: - Civilization 1= ____________________- Civilization 2= ____________________- Civilization 3= ____________________- Civilization 4= ____________________- Civilization 5= ____________________

- Old Stone Age - First invented fire - Created cave art - Advanced tools

- New Stone Age - Domesticated plants/animals - Weaving skills - Simple tools

- Pottery - First developed oral language - Settled communities - Nomadic clans

1) ______: Located along the Fertile Crescent

2) ______: Located in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey)

3) ______: Located in England

4) ______: Currently under excavation

5) ______: Archaeologist are unsure as to how and why this site was built

6) ______: Building were connected via rooftops

Section 7: Forms of writing

Paleolithic Era:

- Also known as the _____________________

- People lived in _____________________

- Characteristics include:__________________ ___________________

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Neolithic Era:

- Also known as the _____________________

- People lived in _____________________

- Characteristics include:__________________ ___________________

__________________ ___________________

S= Stonehenge AJ= Aleppo and Jericho C= Catalhoyuk

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