Vocabulary
Belief in one god
What is Monotheism?
The process by which Egyptians removed the organs and prepared the body for the afterlife.
What is Mummification?
These are seasonal winds that dominate India's climate
What are Monsoons?
The land in the middle of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This family created the first Chinese dynasty
What is the Xia dynasty?
Belief in two gods
What is Polytheism?
Which river helped the Egyptian civilization economically and agriculturally.
What is the Nile?
The river floods were unpredictable
What is a disadvantage of the Indus River?
- The Fertile Crescent flooded and this caused silt. The silt added nutrients to the soil.
What is the reason farming was a good option for the people in Mesopotamia?
This river helped the Chinese civilizations agriculturally and economically
What is the Huang He river?
Body of land that supplied the Sumerians with nutrient rich soil
What is the Fertile Crescent?
System of writing created by the Egyptians
What are Hieroglyphics?
There is not much we know and the Indus writing system has yet to be discovered
What is the Indus civilization's writing system?
The first people to settle in Mesopotamia
Who were the Sumerians?
- Focus on the community rather than an individual
What were the Chinese community beliefs?
Fertile soil
What is loess?
The kings of Egypt are known as..
What are Pharaohs?
There were limited weapons found during archeological digs
How do we know that the Indus river valley civilization was peaceful?
A system of writing created by the Sumerians which helped them agriculturally and economically
What was Cueniform?
Priests used these to communicate with the gods
What are Oracle Bones?
When a ruler says they have the approval of the gods
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This stone helped hieroglyphics become decoded
What is the Rosetta Stone?
- They overgrazed the land
- The river changed course
What is one reason the Indus River civilization might have declined?
When the Sumerians were overthrown a new group took over. Their leader created a new set of rules and laws.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
What is Feudalism?