Playbook for Friday's Assessment

Here's are some items that you definitely should understand for Friday's assessment:

-Physical regions of India
-Physical features of the area (think mountain ranges, rivers, nearby bodies of water)
-Climate (monsoon for instance)
-The two major cities of the Indus River Valley
-Who the Indo-Aryans were and where they came from
-The role that Hinduism played in shaping ancient Indian culture

-Be able to define:
-Citadel
-Brahmins
-Vedas
-Raja
-Rig Veda
-Sanskirt
-Dharma
-Karma
-Monism

Also...
Caste System
Siva
Reincarnation

That is all for now--good luck

Playbook for Fertile Crescent Assessment

Here are some items to make sure you're familiar with for tomorrow's assessment covering the cultures of the "Fertile Crescent":

-Know the geography of the region--What bodies of water and other geographical features border the region.

-The Code of Hummurabi
-Assyrians (government, greatness/fall)
-Babylonians (culture, women, religion)
-Persians
-Akkadians

Also:
Know the significance of--
Abraham
Moses
Saul
David
Solomon

-The elements of Early Judaism
-Ethical monotheism

That is all for now--good luck!
Mr C.