Chapter 2 Definitions

Question 1

Code of Hammurabi

Answer 1

Earliest sets of laws, ordered by Hammurabi

Question 2

Cradle of civilization

Answer 2

The Fertile Crescent

Question 3

Cuneiform

Answer 3

A type of writing used in ancient Mesopotamia

Question 4

Egypt

Answer 4

Gift of the Nile

Question 5

“The gift of the Nile”

Answer 5

Egypt, flood waters

Question 6

Epic of Gilgamesh

Answer 6

Poem from ancient Mesopotamia about a man’s quest for immortality

Question 7

Harappa

Answer 7

Village in Pakistan, site of cities in Indus Valley

Question 8

Hatshepsut

Answer 8

1472-1457 BC famous female leader

Question 9

Hebrews

Answer 9

Israelites, make up Israel

Question 10

Hieroglyphs

Answer 10

Ancient drawings, form of drawing

Question 11

Hittites

Answer 11

Indo European people group that found empire in Asia Minor

Question 12

Hyksos

Answer 12

Nomadic people conquered and ruled accent Egypt

Question 13

Indus Valley

Answer 13

indus valley civilizations (one of earliest)

Question 14

mandate of heaven

Answer 14

found in china, got ability to rule

Question 15

Mesopotamia

Answer 15

one of the earliest civilizations, fertile crescent

Question 16

minoan civilizations

Answer 16

aggean bronze age civilizations on crete island, related to Greeks

Question 17

mohenjo daro

Answer 17

major city of indus valley 2000 bc

Question 18

norte chico/caral

Answer 18

south america (peru), largest of 25 cities found in norte chico

Question 19

nubia

Answer 19

dark skinned, south of egypt, early writing system, iron working industry

Question 20

olmec civilization

Answer 20

yukatan peninsula, early civilization

Question 21

oracle bones

Answer 21

pieces of animal bones, used to tell the future

Question 22

patriarchy

Answer 22

rule of father, emphasize male dominance

Question 23

pharaoh

Answer 23

leader of egypt

Question 24

phoenicians

Answer 24

made alphabet, traders by boat

Question 25

pyramid

Answer 25

tomb of egyptians

Question 26

quipu

Answer 26

counting device used in norte chico

Question 27

rise of the state

Answer 27

organized states that helped keep the peace among the ancient civilizations

Question 28

salinization

Answer 28

build up of salt in soil

Question 29

sanxingdui

Answer 29

believed to be site of major acient chinese city, now sichian china

Question 30

shag dynasty

Answer 30

subsequent dynasty; helped enlarge chinese state, lavish tombs for leaders, buried sacrificial victims

Question 31

son of heaven

Answer 31

ancient chinese kings

Question 32

teotihuacan

Answer 32

mesoamerican city located in central valley of mexico

Question 33

uruk

Answer 33

ancient mesopotamias largest cities

Question 34

xia dynasty

Answer 34

traditionally seen as 1st dynasty of chinese history

Question 35

zhou dynasty

Answer 35

subsequent dynasty, helped enlarge chinese state, lavish tombs for leaders, buried sacrificed victims

Question 36

ziggurat

Answer 36

stepped pyramid