Vocabulary
Process of preserving a body after death, used in Ancient Egypt.
What is Mummification?
This term represents a story that was passed down over time.
What is a Legend?
The Egyptians were the first to make a form of this Innovation.
True or False, Ancient Civilizations, in Chapter 4 & 5, had a heavy focus on Religion.
What is True?
Did the Olmecs and the Mayans cease to exist after their cities fell?
What is no?
This is what Clay, Baked and used in Pottery, is called.
What is Ceramics?
These were used in Religious Ceremonies, and were found to have inscriptions carved in them, and cracks were made in these to have the king decipher messages from the "Gods".
What is an Oracle Bone?
Nubians were the first to make this.
What was the main god of the Olmec Religion, and what Animal was he represented by?
What is the God of Rain and a Jaguar?
The Kushites were Driven out of Egyptian Rule around 671 B.C., Who drove them out?
What are the Assyrians?
This was the Yellow, Fertile Soil, that fertilized the land within the Huang He Valley.
What is Loess?
This term describes the process of being made part of or being taken into another culture or Civilization.
What is Assimilation?
The Harappans in Mohenjo-Daro, were the first to use this system of Designing Cities.
What is Urban Planning?
What is called when a city is centered around, or focused on Religion?
What is a Ceremonial Center?
What caused the Nubians to Lose Control of Egypt?
What is being forced out by the Egyptians? They annexed Northern Nubia, Causing them to Retreat to a Kingdom known as Kush.
Another word for Waterfalls.
What are Cataracts?
This is a tall, stone pillar, with a pointed top.
What is an Obelisk?
What Chinese Innovation in Writing, influenced the Chinese Writing we see today?
What are Characters?
Name 2 Egyptian Gods, and what they were known for. In other words - What kind of god were they?
What is Re - God of the Sun, Ptah - God of the Arts, Thoth - God of Wisdom and Writing, Amon - Another Sun God (Later called Amon-Re)
How did Ancient Chinese Civilization fall in the Huang He Valley?
What is had a Tyrant, and was overthrown?
This was the system of trade, that allowed different places to exchange goods with one another.
What is a Trading Network?
This was the idea that a leader must possess the right thinking, and perform the right actions. If he did so he held this term.
What are Virtues?
What two Mayan Innovations, Helped influence today's society and Culture around the world?
What is the 365 Day Calendar and Glyphs?
How did the Pharaoh's relate to religion in Ancient Egypt?
What are gods in Human Form?
What were the two Theories that Archaeologist Suggest that ended the Harappan Civilization?
What is natural Disaster and/or Assimilation?