Chapter 2 Sections 1-2

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Fertile Crescent

Question 2

The lands facing the Mediterranean Sea and a plain.

Answer 2

Mesopotamia

Question 3

A series of rulers from a single family.

Answer 3

Dynasty

Question 4

The spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another.

Answer 4

Cultural Diffusion

Question 5

A belief in many gods.

Answer 5

Polytheism

Question 6

A unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler.

Answer 6

Empire

Question 7

A Babylonian King that created laws to punish crimes.

Answer 7

Hammurabi

Question 8

A marsh region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river.

Answer 8

Delta

Question 9

An Egyptian Pharaoh that united upper and lower Egypt.

Answer 9

Narmer

Question 10

A king of Ancient of Egypt considered a god as well as a political and military leader.

Answer 10

Pharaohs

Question 11

1. A government in which the ruler is viewed as a divine figure. 2. A government controlled by religious leaders.

Answer 11

Theocracy

Question 12

A massive structure with a rectangular base and four triangular sides, like those that were built in Egypt as burial places for Old Kingdom pharaohs.

Answer 12

Pyramid

Question 13

A process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying.

Answer 13

Mummification

Question 14

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

Answer 14

hieroglyphics

Question 15

A tall reed that grows in the Nile delta, used by ancient Egyptians to make paperlike material for writing on.

Answer 15

Papyrus