Chapter 2, sec. 1 + 2

Question 1

The region’s curved shape and the richness of the land.

Answer 1

fertile crescent

Question 2

the land facing the Mediterranean sea

Answer 2

mesopotamia

Question 3

each city and the land it controlled.

Answer 3

city state

Question 4

a series of rulers from a single family

Answer 4

dynasty

Question 5

the process in which a new idea or product spreads from one culture to another.

Answer 5

cultural diffusion

Question 6

the belief in more than one god

Answer 6

polytheism

Question 7

brings together several peoples under the control of one ruler.

Answer 7

empire

Question 8

the ruler of the babolonian empire

Answer 8

Hammurambi

Question 9

skinny strip of land from the first contract point to the point where the river starts

Answer 9

delta

Question 10

the king of lower egypt

Answer 10

Narmer

Question 11

the Egyptian god-kings

Answer 11

pharos

Question 12

a type of government which rule is based on religious authority

Answer 12

theocracy

Question 13

resting place of a pharo which is an immense structure

Answer 13

pyramid

Question 14

preserved bodies of important beings

Answer 14

mummification

Question 15

flexible system of writing

Answer 15

hieroglyohics

Question 16

a stone writing surface

Answer 16

papyrus