Ch 2 First Civilizations: Africa and Asia

Question 1

title of ruler in ancient Egypt

Answer 1

pharaoh

Question 2

ruling family

Answer 2

dynasty

Question 3

triangular shaped marsh lands formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers

Answer 3

delta

Question 4

rich soil carried by flooding waters

Answer 4

silt

Question 5

waterfall

Answer 5

cataract

Question 6

decode

Answer 6

decipher

Question 7

system of ancient Egyptian writing, simpler than hieroglyphics; developed for everyday use

Answer 7

demotic

Question 8

form of picture writing developed by ancient Egyptians

Answer 8

hieroglyphics

Question 9

picture that symbolized an idea of action

Answer 9

ideogram

Question 10

practice of preserving the bodies of the dead

Answer 10

mummification

Question 11

plant that grows along the banks of the Nile; used by ancient Egyptians to make paper like material

Answer 11

papyrus

Question 12

pyramid-temple

Answer 12

ziggurat

Question 13

system of ranking people within a society

Answer 13

hierarchy

Question 14

earliest writing, Sumerian wedge-shaped writing

Answer 14

cuneiform

Question 15

arrange and set down in writing

Answer 15

codify

Question 16

law dealing with private rights of individuals

Answer 16

civil law

Question 17

law dealing with offenses against others

Answer 17

criminal law

Question 18

system in which one set of goods or services is traded for another

Answer 18

barter economy

Question 19

letters that represent spoken sounds

Answer 19

alphabet

Question 20

territory settled and ruled by people from another land

Answer 20

colony

Question 21

system in which goods and services are paid for through the exchange of a token of agreed upon value

Answer 21

money economy

Question 22

acceptance

Answer 22

tolerance

Question 23

holy day of rest and worship

Answer 23

sabbath

Question 24

spiritual leader believed to be interpreting God

Answer 24

prophet

Question 25

describing a family headed by a father, husband or oldest male

Answer 25

patriarchal

Question 26

believing in one God

Answer 26

monotheistic

Question 27

moral standard of behavior

Answer 27

ethics

Question 28

scattering of people

Answer 28

diaspora

Question 29

binding agreement

Answer 29

covenant