history

Question 1

dynasty

Answer 1

a series of rulers descending from a single family
line.

Question 2

cultural diffusion

Answer 2

the
spread of one culture’s ideas, products, traditions, beliefs etc.
to another people.

Question 3

polytheism

Answer 3

Belief in many gods -

Question 4

Enil

Answer 4

most powerful god

Question 5

three social classes were?

Answer 5

a. Priests and royalty (kings)
b. Wealthy merchants
c. Ordinary workers

Question 6

Sargon of Akkad

Answer 6

Took control of the region, creating world’s first empire -
when several peoples, nations, or previously independent
states are placed under the control of one ruler.
2. The Akkadian Empire lasted about 200 years
3. Spoke a Semitic language (related to Arabic and Hebrew)

Question 7

4 rivers

Answer 7

Tigris & Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang He River.

Question 8

Lower Egypt,

Answer 8

around the Nile delta which flows into the Mediterranean Sea.

Question 9

Upper Egypt

Answer 9

developed later upstream

Question 9

deserts were

Answer 9

on both sides of the Nile

Question 10

Menes

Answer 10

Menes, the king of Upper Egypt,

Question 11

Pharaoh

Answer 11

[means, royal house] – the ruler of Egypt

Question 12

Type of government where the political rulers are thought to be divinely-guided, or even divine themselves is a ?

Answer 12

theocracy

Question 13

, Pharaoh’s tomb very important, because it was still
a place of rule. Built massive tombs called?

Answer 13

pyramids

Question 14

Social structure

Answer 14

Upper class
Landowners (become familiar with other terms for this class – i.e., aristocracy or nobility)
Priests
Army commanders
Government officials
Middle Class
(merchants / artisans)
Lower class
(peasant farmers, unskilled laborers)

Question 15

Egyptian religion

Answer 15

polytheistic

Question 16

mummification

Answer 16

embalming and preserving the corpse to prevent it from decaying.

Question 17

Pictographs developed into

Answer 17

hieroglyphics

Question 18

Unfortunately the Egyptians took their years of
well-protected geographic isolation for granted
and made little real defensive preparations
should the unthinkable happen.

who invaded?

Answer 18

invaded by the Hyksos

Question 19

he Indus Valley was home to
the largest of the four ancient
urban civilizations

Answer 19

Egypt,
Mesopotamia, India and China.

Question 20

What challenges did the people along
the Indus River face?

Answer 20

unpredictable rivers
(similar situation to Mesopotamia region)

strong winds / monsoons

Question 21

Name three theories about why the Indus Valley
civilization ended around 1500 BCE?

Answer 21

The river may have changed course, natural disaster
(caused by heavy monsoons)

The people may have overworked the land
(overcutting trees, overgrazed, over-farmed land depleting nutrients)

Invaders

Question 22

The Four Early River Valley Civilizations

Answer 22

Sumerian, Egyptian, Harappan, and ancient China

Question 23

first people

Answer 23

1959 - Mary Leakey found skull fragments in East Africa more than 1.75 million years old

2. 1974 - Donald Johanson found a partial Australopithecus skeleton dating back more than 3 million years