Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Vocabulary
Flash cards
26
Social Studies
6th Grade
12/16/2012

Additional Social Studies Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Egypt
Definition
Nile
Term
Mesopotamia
Definition
Tigris & Euphrates
Term
India
Definition
Indus
Term
China
Definition
Yellow & Long
Term
Canals
Definition
A human made waterway
Term
Monotheism
Definition
Beliefs in one god
Term
Surplus
Definition
More of something that is needed
Term
Famine
Definition
A lack of food or supply
Term
Dynasty
Definition
A series o rulers from the same family
Term
Phoenicians
Definition
Created alphabet
Term
Lydians
Definition
Created money
Term
Hittites
Definition
Weapons and tools made of iron
Term
Sumerians
Definition
The first place to have cities
Term
Cuneiform
Definition
Mesopotamia
Term
Hieroglyphics
Definition
Egypt
Term
Sanskrit
Definition
India
Term
Characters
Definition
China
Term
Why is the code of Hammurabi important to the people
Definition
Because it was the first set of laws
Term
Colony
Definition
Settlement separated from but under control over a home country
Term
Why did the Phoenicians build colonies
Definition
To help expand their trade
Term
How did it affect the spread of the alphabet
Definition
It didn't affect anything because china evened the alphabet way before the Phoenicians
Term
What did the early cradles of civilization need to survive
Definition
The early cradles of civilization needed fresh water,rich soil,to survive
Term
What did the boys of Athens were taught
Definition
They were taught philosophy and science so they can have brains
Term
Who fought in the Persian war
Definition
Sparta and Athens vs Persia , Persia wanted to take over Greece
Term
Who fought in the peloponnesian war
Definition
Sparta vs Athens Athens were getting powerful
Term
Why did Alexander the Great invade the Persian empire
Definition
He wanted to be the king of the whole wide world
Supporting users have an ad free experience!