Chapter 2 Vocab

Question 1

Curved shape and richness of land

Answer 1

Fertile Crescent

Question 2

Lands facing the Mediterranean Sea and is a plain

Answer 2

Mesopotamia

Question 3

Each city and its surrounding land

Answer 3

City-state

Question 4

Such a series of rulers from a single family is

Answer 4

Dynasty

Question 5

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 multiple peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler

Answer 7

Empire

Question 8

A powerful king with a set of codes

Answer 8

Hammurabi

Question 9

Where the river starts but breaks into branches

Answer 9

Delta

Question 10

Another king of Lower Egypt

Answer 10

Narmer

Question 11

Egyptian god-kings

Answer 11

Pharoahs

Question 12

Type of government based on religious authority

Answer 12

Theocracy

Question 13

Resting death place in a immense structure

Answer 13

Pyramid

Question 14

Royal and elite Egyptians’ bodies reserving process

Answer 14

Mummification

Question 15

Flexible writing system

Answer 15

Hieroglyphics

Question 16

A better writing surface

Answer 16

Papyrus