World History - TEST 1 (Ch. 1-3; GP1) Flashcards
a large group of people who think of themselves as one; act as a unit (match)
nation
the way of life of a group of people (match)
culture
the scattering of people over the earth (match)
dispersion
a wedge-shaped writing (match)
cuneiform
the rule by one city over other cities (match)
empire
a group of people living in its own land with its own government (match)
nation-state
organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern (match)
bureaucracy
a payment from one nation to another (match)
tribute
the greatest turning point of history (choice)
the birth of Christ
group in history known to have first used the wheel (choice)
Sumerians
the first pharaoh of all Egypt (choice)
Menes
a female pharaoh of Egypt (choice)
Hatshepsut
Egyptian Empire reached its greatest extent under this pharaoh (match)
Thutmose III
this group of items best describes Egyptian civilization (choice)
dynasties, hieroglyphics, medical advances, pyramids
where Noah and his family settled after the Flood (choice)
Shinar
led in the building of the Tower of Babel (choice)
Nimrod
the greatest gift of the Nile River to the Egyptians (choice)
fertile soil
from whom did the Egyptians descend (choice)
Mizraim
this word best describes the structure of the Egyptian society and government (choice)
bureaucracy
what Hammurabi is best remembered for (choice)
laws
because man was made in the image of God, what did man’s special characteristics allow for? (choice)
fellowship with God
in the center of the ancient world, this was the land that God promised to Israel
Canaan
the most important part of culture is how people relate to …
God
he was chosen by God to be the father of the nation of Israel
Abraham
Sumerian’s greatest accomplishment
writing
Sumerian religion could be described as humanistic and ___________.
polytheistic
the process used by the Egyptians to preserve bodies
mummification
the Patriarchs of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and _______.
Jacob
“Tigris” means…
arrow
the study of the relics and ruins of ancient cultures
archaeology
The Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms are the three divisions of ancient (Sumer’s, Egypt’s) history.
Egypt’s
name of Jacob’s son sold into slavery and became chief assistant to an Egyptian kings
Joseph
Be able to label GP 1 “Fertile Crescent” map
