Chapter 2 section 1+2

Question 1

Arc of rich farmland in southwest Asia, between the Persian and Mediterranean sea.

Answer 1

fertile crescent

Question 2

lands facing the Mediterranean Sea. “Land between rivers”

Answer 2

mesopotamia

Question 3

a city and its surrounding lands functioning as independent political unit

Answer 3

city state

Question 4

a series of rulers from a single family

Answer 4

dynasty

Question 5

the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another

Answer 5

cultural diffusion

Question 6

belief in many gods

Answer 6

polytheism

Question 7

a political uniting which a number of people or countries are controlled by a single ruler.

Answer 7

empire

Question 8

created the first laws; Hammurabi’s code

Answer 8

Hammurabi

Question 9

marshy region formed by deposits of of silk at the mouth of a river

Answer 9

delta

Question 10

king that gave evidence that united north and south Egypt.

Answer 10

narmer

Question 11

a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader and military

Answer 11

pharaohs

Question 12

government controlled by religious leaders

Answer 12

theocracy

Question 13

massive structure that were built as burial places for pharaohs

Answer 13

pyramid

Question 14

tall reed that grows in the Nile delta, used to make paper like material

Answer 14

papyrus

Question 15

an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds

Answer 15

hieroglyphics