Chapter 3/4 Study Guide

3.1-
What was the first empire to rule after Sumer?
-Old Babylon
Who was Hammurabi?
-King of old Babylon,did the code of laws
What is the Babylonian Genesis/Enuma Elish?
-works of lit. composed at this time
Who were the Hittites? Why are they important?
-from asia manor first to use iron as weapons
4.1 -
What is the highest place in Asia? Lowest?
peake of Mt Everest, Dead Sea
Name the 3 main rivers in Asia.
-Hwang Ho, Tigris and Eurphratees,Indus
Why is India called a “subcontinent”?
-Distincly separated from Asia.
Name the 3 major land regions in India.
-Northern Plains. -Deccan Plateau.
-Indus River Valley.
4.5 -
What are the names of the 4 islands that make up the nation of Japan?
-Shikoku. Hokkaido. Kynushu. Honshu.
What’s Japan’s famous mountain called?
-Mt. Fuji
Who were the earliest inhabitants of Japan?
-Ainu
What is Shinto?
-oldest religion