World History Chapter 2
What does polytheistic mean? - ✅✅-Belief in many gods
What is a ziggurat? -✅✅-temple built atop a massive stepped tower
What is cuneiform? - ✅✅-system of writing developed by the Sumerians
Who was Sargon? - ✅✅-the leader responsible for setting up the first empire in
world history
What is an empire? - ✅✅-large political unit or state
What is the Code of Hammurabi? - ✅✅-a system of laws and punishments for
crimes
What does patriarchal mean? - ✅✅-men dominate society
✅✅-longest river in the world
What is the Nile River? -
What did Menes do? - ✅✅-united Upper and Lower Egypt and created the first
royal dynasty
What is a dynasty? - ✅✅-family of rulers whose right to rule was passed on within
the family
What is pharaoh? - ✅✅-title of Egyptian monarch
What is a bureaucracy? - ✅✅-administrative organization with officials and regular
procedures
What was a vizier? - ✅✅
-directly responsible to the pharaoh, in charge of
government bureaucracy
What is mummification? - ✅✅-process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it
from rotting
What is Giza? - ✅✅-the largest and most magnificent of all the pyramids, built by
King Khufu
What are hieroglyphics? - ✅✅-picture writing
Who were the Hittites? - ✅✅-first Indo-Europeans to use iron
What does polytheistic mean? - ✅✅-Belief in many gods
What is a ziggurat? -✅✅-temple built atop a massive stepped tower
What is cuneiform? - ✅✅-system of writing developed by the Sumerians
Who was Sargon? - ✅✅-the leader responsible for setting up the first empire in
world history
What is an empire? - ✅✅-large political unit or state
What is the Code of Hammurabi? - ✅✅-a system of laws and punishments for
crimes
What does patriarchal mean? - ✅✅-men dominate society
✅✅-longest river in the world
What is the Nile River? -
What did Menes do? - ✅✅-united Upper and Lower Egypt and created the first
royal dynasty
What is a dynasty? - ✅✅-family of rulers whose right to rule was passed on within
the family
What is pharaoh? - ✅✅-title of Egyptian monarch
What is a bureaucracy? - ✅✅-administrative organization with officials and regular
procedures
What was a vizier? - ✅✅
-directly responsible to the pharaoh, in charge of
government bureaucracy
What is mummification? - ✅✅-process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it
from rotting
What is Giza? - ✅✅-the largest and most magnificent of all the pyramids, built by
King Khufu
What are hieroglyphics? - ✅✅-picture writing
Who were the Hittites? - ✅✅-first Indo-Europeans to use iron
