unit 1

Question 1

City-state

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Mesopotamia

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Answer 3

rivers of the Fertile Crescent that frame the Mesopotamian Civilization

Question 4

Fertile Crescent

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Dynasty

Answer 5

A series of rulers from a single family

Question 6

Polytheism

Answer 6

A belief in many gods.

Question 7

Cultural diffusion

Answer 7

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

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

Theocracy

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Narmer

Answer 13

pharaoh given credit for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt

Question 14

Pharaoh

Answer 14

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

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

Hieroglyphics

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Mummification

Answer 17

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

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

Artifact

Answer 21

A human-made object, such as a tool, weapon, or piece of jewelry.

Question 22

Culture

Answer 22

A people’s unique way of life, as shown by its tools, customs, arts, and ideas.

Question 23

Paleolithic Age

Answer 23

A prehistoric period that lasted from about 2,500,000 to 8000 B.C., during which people made use of crude stone tools and weapons - also called the Old Stone Age.

Question 24

Hominid

Answer 24

A member of a biological group including human beings and related species that walk upright.

Question 25

Neolithic Age

Answer 25

A prehistoric period that began about 8000 B.C. and in some areas ended as early as 3000 B.C., during which people learned to polish stone tools, make pottery, grow crops, and raise animals - also called the New Stone Age.

Question 26

Technology

Answer 26

The way in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs.

Question 27

Homo Sapiens

Answer 27

The biological species to which modern human beings belong.

Question 28

Nomad

Answer 28

A member of a group that has no permanent home, wandering from place to place in search of food and water.

Question 29

Hunter-Gatherer

Answer 29

A member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods.

Question 30

Neolithic Revolution

Answer 30

The major change in human life caused by the beginnings of farming - that is, by people's shift from food gathering to food producing.

Question 31

Slash - and - Burn Farming

Answer 31

A farming method in which people clear fields by cutting and burning trees and grasses, the ashes of which serve to fertilize the soil.

Question 32

Domestication

Answer 32

The taming of animals for human use.

Question 33

empire

Answer 33

land with different territories and people under a single ruler

Question 34

ziggurat

Answer 34

A pyramid shaped temple tower

Question 35

Phoenicians

Answer 35

developed the first alphabet

Question 36

irrigation

Answer 36

A way of supplying water to an area of land

Question 37

polytheism

Answer 37

the worship of many gods

Question 38

surplus

Answer 38

more than needed