chapter6

Question 1

Fertile Crescent

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Answer 2

rivers of the Fertile Crescent that frame the Mesopotamian Civilization

Question 3

Mesopotamia

Answer 3

region of Fertile Crescent where the first civilization arose and first empire arose

Question 4

City-state

Answer 4

A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit.

Question 5

Dynasty

Answer 5

A series of rulers from a single family

Question 6

Cultural diffusion

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Polytheism

Answer 7

A belief in many gods.

Question 8

Empire

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Hammurabi

Answer 9

Babylonian emperor who created the first written set of laws

Question 10

Babylon

Answer 10

city in Mesopotamia that became an important capital

Question 11

delta

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Narmer (Menes)

Answer 12

pharaoh given credit for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt

Question 13

Pharaoh

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Theocracy

Answer 14

A government in which the ruler is views as a divine figure.

Question 15

Pyramid

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

Mummification

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Hieroglyphics

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Papyrus

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Nile River

Answer 19

river whose regular flood cycles helped build Egyptian civilization

Question 20

Indus River

Answer 20

river of northwest India that helped give rise to the Harappan Indus Valley civilization

Question 21

Subcontinent

Answer 21

A large landmass that forms a distinct part of a continent.

Question 22

Monsoon

Answer 22

A wind that shifts in direction at certain times of each year.

Question 23

Harappan civilization

Answer 23

Another name for the Indus Valley civilization that arose along the Indus River, possibly as early as 7000 B.C.; characterized by sophisticated city planning.

Question 24

Huang He River (Yellow River)

Answer 24

northernmost river that helped give rise to the Chinese civilization

Question 25

Yangtze River

Answer 25

southernmost river that helped give rise to the Chinese civilization

Question 26

Loess

Answer 26

A fertile deposit of windblown soil.

Question 27

Oracle bone

Answer 27

One of the animal bones or tortoise shells used by ancient Chinese priests to communicate with the gods.

Question 28

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 28

In Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority.

Question 29

Dynastic cycle

Answer 29

The historical pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties.

Question 30

Feudalism

Answer 30

A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land.