1. Warm Up – February 1
Seating chart is on the board, find your name and sit in your new seat
10 min to review with each other for your test

2. Hinduism

3. TEST REVIEW
What did Mesopotamia have to establish due to their lack of natural resources?
What is a city-state?
What was the Ziggurat?
What is cultural diffusion?
Social classes- who is at the top and bottom of the Social Classes in Mesopotamia?

4. TEST REVIEW
Social classes – who is at the top and bottom of the Social classes in Egypt?
Why are historians not sure about the origins and decline of Ancient India’s civilization?
What were the major innovations of the Harappan Civilization?
What natural barriers existed in Ancient China?

5. TEST REVIEW
The names of the two rivers that flood Mesopotamia making the ground extremely fertile for farming giving the land the name “Fertile Crescent”
Cultural center of Mesopotamia used as a government center and place of worship
Egyptian System of writing that uses both symbols and pictures to depict letters
The two Rivers in Ancient China that made land that was directly near farmable
Term used by the Zhou Dynasty that the right to rule comes directly from spirits

6. TEST REVIEW
City in Mesopotamia that was one of the world’s first cities Term used to describe a city that functions like an independent country Mountain range that served as a natural barrier for both the ancient civilizations in India and China First written set of laws; developed by civilization in Mesopotamia

7. TEST REVIEW
Name given to the Old Stone Age Name given to the New Stone Age
The two groups that had the most power and influence in Egypt and were the highest social class
Process of embalming and drying a corpse before burial
Type of rule used by the Zhou Dynasty that has families ruling different regions of a country

8. AFTER THE TEST…
Bring your test, answer sheet and sheet of paper up to my desk
Staple your answer sheet to the sheet of paper
Pick up the guided notes on Hinduism

9. Hinduism Basics ~950 million followers 14% of world’s population
Oldest major religion
Third Largest Religion in the
world
~950 million followers
14% of world’s population
Dominant in India

10. Hinduism Basics Polytheistic No founder No single text
Not a unified religion
Polytheistic
No founder
No single text
No central authority

11. Main Gods
Brahma – creator god

12. Main Gods
Vishnu – preserver god
Keeps good and evil in balance

13. Main Gods Shiva – destroyer and restorer
Responsible for death & reincarnation

14. Key Beliefs Basic morality (don’t murder, steal, etc.)
Dharma = Hinduism’s rules:
Basic morality (don’t murder, steal, etc.)
Don’t touch bodily fluids, waste or garbage
Be nice to cows (they’re sacred)
Follow the rules for your caste

15. Key Beliefs Karma Reincarnation
Balance of good and bad actions in a lifetime
Reincarnation
Continuous cycle of death and rebirth
Into higher or lower caste based on karma from previous life

16. Caste System System of ranking people Hereditary, permanent
Viewed as reward or punishment for karma in previous life

17. Caste System
Brahmins - highest caste; priests

18. Caste System
Kshatriyas - second highest; kings & warriors

19. Caste System
Vaishyas - landowners, merchants, artisans

20. Caste System
Shudras - Lowest caste; unskilled laborers

21. Caste System Butchers, gravediggers, trash collectors
Untouchables – considered below caste system
Perform jobs that make them “impure”
Butchers, gravediggers, trash collectors

22. Caste System Different castes shouldn’t socialize, marry
Dharma for caste system:
Different castes shouldn’t socialize, marry
Lower castes should respect upper castes
People should do the job for their caste