| Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | | a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols created by the Egyptians |
| Silt | | a series of trade routes that connected China to the western world |
| Ziggurat | | part of a continent separated from the rest of the continent by geographic features |
| City-State | | The river of the ancient Chinese civilization |
| Polytheism | | philosophy started in China that focused on family, order, harmony, an happiness on earth |
| Hammurabi’s Code | | philosophy that started in India and spread to China that focused on reaching peace by ending suffering |
| Cuneiform | | ruler of ancient Egypt |
| Nile River | | in China the idea that leaders were chosen by the gods |
| Pharaoh | | belief in more than one god |
| Hieroglyphics | | a large temple in Mesopotamia |
| Papyrus | | a fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea |
| Caste System | | series of walls in ancient China built to keep out northern invaders |
| Delta | | River of ancient Egypt |
| Dynasty | | the 2 cities of the Indus River Valley |
| Subcontinent | | paper like material invented by the ancient Egyptians |
| Monsoon | | a series of rulers from the same family |
| Indus River | | fertile soil deposited by a river’s floodwaters |
| Hindu-Arabic Numbers | | The main religion of India |
| Harappa and Mohenjo Daro | | a political unit consisting of a city and the surrounding farmland |
| Hinduism | | World’s 1st written language developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay. |
| Huang He River | | philosophy started in China that focused on living in harmony with nature |
| Confucianism | | the river of the Indus Valley on which Harappa and Moheno-Dara were built |
| Daoism (also can be spelled Taoism) | | the world’s 1st written laws |
| Buddhism | | Rivers of Mesopotamia |
| Great Wall of China | | seasonal wind patterns that bring heavy rains |
| China’s 4 Greatest Inventions | | An Indian social class whose members are restricted in the jobs they may take and in their association with others. |
| Mandate of Heaven | | gunpowder, compass, woodblock printing, paper money |
| Silk Road | | number system invented in ancient India that we use today! |
