Ancient History Unit 2 Exam With Complete Questions And Correct Answers.

Mandate of Hevan - correct answer The belief that the Chinese emperor's right to rule came from the gods. Indus Valley Inventions - correct answer They developed a written language unlike others, they also built pyramids Sumerian technologies - correct answer Geometry was used to erect walls/buildings and survey food Cuneiform writing Architecural innovations such as arches, columns, and pyramids Ziggurat - correct answer The center of town. A religous and governmental structure Mummification (Egypt) - correct answer Egyptian culture; involving embalming and drying corpses to prevent decay Describe Egypt's physical geography - correct answer The gift of the Nile, the floods, desert lands, mountains, etc Hammurabi's Code - correct answer first written code/set of laws that all were expected to obey. Civilization of Ur notes - correct answer Merchants squat under awnings and trade farmers crops and crafts. Coins were not used to purchase things because money did not exist, money was called "barter" Hatshepsut - correct answer First female pharaoh who expanded Egypt through trade Oracle Bones - correct answer animal bones carved with written characters which were used for telling the future Yellow river floods - correct answer Known as "China's sorrow" because there was no time for evacuation and it would flood out cities. Great Pyramids of Giza - correct answer Royal tombs built for three different pharos. Giza was the largest of the three. When and how did Egypt Unite - correct answer Egypts first Pharo was credited with uniting Egypt. He was able to do this with a massive battle between upper and lower Egpyt. What is the gift of the Nile - correct answer There is no Egypt without the Nile. Worked almost like an automatic highway. The kingdom owed their survival due to the annual flooding of the Nile What are the three periods of Egypt - correct answer Old, middle, and new Describe the walled cities of Shang Dynasty - correct answer A Dynasty is a family of rulers, the walls surrounded the city, outside were the fields, most people in the city lived in tightly packed windowless one story houses, and some wealthy lived in two story houses Compare Egypt and Mesopotamia - correct answer Mesopotamia did not have a positive outlook on life compared to Egypt. Egypt developed around the Nile and Mesopotamia developed around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. What is a dynasty? - correct answer A series of rulers from the same family What are cataracts? - correct answer Shallow lengths or whitewater rapids of the Nile River where the surface of the water is broken by many boulders Define Pharoah - correct answer The people in charge, almost as powerful as the gods of the heavens What is Chinese Feudalism - correct answer When land is granted in exchange for loyalty and military service. Papyrus - correct answer A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds. Used as paper Monsoons are - correct answer Seasonal winds that bring heavy rains Blooms taxonomy of learning K.A.S.E - correct answer Knowledge, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation scribe - correct answer Professional record keeper who invented Cuneiform Writing Bronze Age - correct answer the time when people began using bronze, rather than copper and stone, to fashion tools and weapons Fertile Cresent/Mesopotamia - correct answer Curved crescent shaped region of land that includes the tigris- Euphrates river valleys Mesopotamia - correct answer "land between the rivers" City-State - correct answer a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. cultural diffusion - correct answer The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another Polytheism - correct answer The god of storms and air. Was among the most powerful gods, Sumerians feared him as "The raging flood that has no rival" Empire - correct answer brings together several peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler Delta - correct answer The Nile delta; a broad triangular, marshy region formed by the deposits of silt at the moth of the river Theocracy - correct answer Rule is based upon religious authority Hieroglyphics - correct answer "Scaled carving" writing in pictures Harappan Civilization - correct answer An ancient civilization that developed along the Indus River. Planned Cities on the Indus - correct answer cities built according to a design Describe Harappan religion - correct answer They had close ties to religion, people