World History: Unit One

What civilization traded purple dye all throughout the Mediterranean?

A place where two rivers or streams join to become one.

What kind of religion is Judaism?

What is believing in one God?

Someone attempted to erase Hatsheput from history.

The Babylonian empire continued to grow after Hammurabi died.

Empires are easy to create but they can be difficult to maintain.

What civilizations lived in the mountains?

The Nile River Valley relied on what river to help make the soil fertile?

There are similarities between the civilizations of Mesoamerica and Mesopotamia.

"priest carvings" or "sacred writings", a complex system of writing that used both pictures and more abstract forms

Most early civilizations were polytheistic.

Flooding hurt the ancient Egyptian civilization.

What were the buildings made out of in ancient China?

What kingdom/empire is known for their army with the name Immortals?

Ancient China relied on what river(s) to help the civilization flourish?

What was the set of laws called that was created in Babylon?

Hammurabi's Code is known for "an eye for an eye" crime and punishment system.

What rivers did the people of China settle along?

The Egyptians were the first people to use chariots.

What kingdom/empire had a monotheistic religion?

Job specialization emerged when civilizations started to grow.

What is a complex culture in which large numbers of people share a number of common elements?

Paleolithic art involved a lot of people on the cave walls.

Who is known for their communication system and military tactics?

What was the land called between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

What is believing in many gods?

What is the study of human life and culture based on artifacts and human fossils?

What is the way of life a people follow?

What civilization is known for their stone heads?

What was the first empire in world history?

Who was well liked by the people he overtook in the Persian Empire?

What civilization was located near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

"wedge-shaped,"a system of writing developed by the Sumerians using a reed stylus to create impressions on a clay tablet

What is a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle cart?

The Chavin were secluded from everyone else.

What is a component of a civilization?

What is the study of past societies through an analysis of the items people left behind?

The use of fire was just to keep warm during the cold in the Paleolithic Age.

What civilization was located near the Indus River?

What kingdom/empire was known as a trading center with the Roman Empire?

Babylonian society had no class ranks.

Who created the first library to maintain the history of Sumeria and Babylonia?

Babylonia's economy was based on farming.

A pharaoh tried to make the New kingdom of Egypt monotheistic.

Who are known as the "rubber people"?

Trade was NOT important to the Phoenicians.

What empire created the Royal Road?