Chapter 2 section 1/2 vocab

Question 1

An arc of rich farmland located in Southwest Asia, between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea

Answer 1

Fertile Crescent

Question 2

A plain located in the Fertile Crescent

Answer 2

Mesopotamia

Question 3

A city that functions like a small country

Answer 3

City-State

Question 4

A series of rulers from the same family

Answer 4

Dynasty

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Cultural Diffusion

Question 6

Believing in more than 1 god

Answer 6

Polytheism

Question 7

A group of city-states or provinces that are under the control of one ruler

Answer 7

Empire

Question 8

A king of the Babylon

Answer 8

Hammurabi

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Delta

Question 10

An Egyptian king

Answer 10

Narmer

Question 11

Egyptian God-kings

Answer 11

Pharaohs

Question 12

Government in which rule is based on religious authority

Answer 12

Theocracy

Question 13

A large structure with a triangular base

Answer 13

Pyramid

Question 14

Embalming and drying a corpse to keep it from decaying

Answer 14

Mummification

Question 15

A more flexible way of writing using pictures and symbols

Answer 15

Hieroglyphics

Question 16

Writing surface consisting of reeds

Answer 16

Papyrus