Global- Chap 2

Question 0

Mesopotamia

Answer 0

• civilization in the Fertile Crescent
• unpredictable flooding and climate
• no natural barrier

Question 1

Fertile Crescent

Answer 1

• between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

- soil is arable

Question 2

Sumer

Answer 2

• one of the first civilization to rise
• Sumerians believed their city belonged to a god
• invented first writing system and kept records

Question 3

Civilization

Answer 3

1. Advanced cities
2. specialized workers
3. Complex institutions
4. Record keeping
5. Advanced technology

Question 4

Polytheism

Answer 4

Belief in more than one god or deity

Question 5

Hammurabi’s Code

Answer 5

• laws of the Babylonian empire

- has an eye for an eye ruling

Question 6

Nile River

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• where Egypt’s settlements arose
• rich soil with yearly flooding
• was worshipped as a god

Question 7

Cataracts

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• A place in the Nile where a boulder turns a smooth current into raging rapids
• six of them

Question 8

Narmer

Answer 8

• Egyptian king that united Upper and Lower Egypt

Question 9

Dynasty

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A line of rulers coming from a single family

Question 10

Pharaohs

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Egyptian godlike kings believed to be splendid and powerful as the gods of the heavens

Question 11

Ka

Answer 11

Eternal life force of kings that continued to take part in governing Egypt after death

Question 12

Great Pyramids of Giza

Answer 12

The biggest pyramid ever built for Pharaoh Khufu

Question 13

Tutankhamon

Answer 13

Egyptian boy pharaoh

Question 14

Osiris

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The Egyptian god of death

Question 15

Book of the Dead

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A collection of texts on a scroll containing hymns, prayers, and spells which people were buried with in order to guide a soul in the afterlife

Question 16

Hieroglyphics

Answer 16

Egyptian writing system

Question 17

Rosetta Stone

Answer 17

• stone used to translate hieroglyphics

- 3 languages: hieroglyphics, simplified hieroglyphics, and Greek

Question 18

Mohenjo- Daro

Answer 18

• a major city in the Harappan Civilization

- used plumbing

Question 19

Harappa

Answer 19

• major city in Harappan Civilization
• well planned city
• built on mud brick platforms

Question 20

Indus River Valley

Answer 20

A flat fertile plain on the Indian Subcontinent between the Indus and Ganges River

Question 21

Middle Kingdom

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A name China called themselves because they believed they were in the center of the world

Question 22

Mandate of Heaven

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The Chinese belief that a just ruler had divine approval

Question 23

Dynastic cycle

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The pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties

Question 24

Yellow River

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- Huang He River - floods are disastrous - deposits huge amounts of fertile yellow silt called LOESS

Question 25

Zhou Dynasty

Answer 25

- people who overthrew the Shang dynasty