World History Ch. 2 Flashcards
When was the time of stability?
Middle Kingdom (Also known as the Golden Age)
Who made a what with God?
The Jews made a covenant with Him
How were the Chinese isolated?
By mountains and deserts
What is Egyptian history divided into(three things)?
The Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms
What did the Phoenicians produced(they traded this too)?
Purple dye, glass, and lumber
What shape was Egyptian society organized similar to?
A pyramid
An advanced city is an indication of what?
An organized government
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The basic principle of Chinese government
What was the Chinese script made up of?
Pictographs and ideographs
Rich soil to grow wheat in the _____ Valley resulted from ______
Indus Valley; annual flooding of the Indus River
True or False:
Egyptian civilization was not influenced powerfully by invasions of other people
True
Minoan civilization was destroyed due to a tsunami caused by what?
A minotaur
Hittites were the first Indo-Europeans to use what?
Iron weapons
What did the Shang dynasty aristocrats own?
Land to farm on
What ten lost tribes were scattered?
Israelite tribes
What is an ideograph?
Picture or character symbols that combined together to represent ideas
During the Old Kingdom, what important pyramid was constructed and for whom?
Great Pyramid was built for King Khufu
What was the first Chinese dynasty?
Shang dynasty
What feature isolated China from India?
The Himalayas
What are pictographs?
Character or symbol that represents an object
What was the longest lasting Chinese dynasty?
The Zhou dynasty
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile River
Where was an important river was found for India?
Indus Valley
What predated the Mayans?
The Olmec
What is Sanskrit?
Written language developed in the Indus Valley
What is the highest mountain?
The Himalayas
What were prophets?
Religious teachers
What was the job of pastoral nomads?
They migrated with their domesticated animals
Phoenicians lived along ____________ and devised an alphabet with ___ characters.
eastern Mediterranean; 22
Israelites were a distinct group organized into 12 tribes establishing the religion of __________.
Judaism
What animal did the Minoans worship and where did they live?
Bull; island of Crete
Mayans believed they came from ____ and worshiped which four colors of corn?
Corn; red, yellow, black, and white
Be able to draw out and label the three different crowns of Egypt
Lower, upper, and all of Egypt
