World History and Geography Chapter 2

characters in Chinese in which picture or character symbols are combined to represent ideas

What carefully planned ancient cities of the Indus River Valley flourished for hundreds of years

Teotihuacan was a busy trade center known for objects made of

Public wells for supplying water, an advanced drainage system, and a system of garbage disposal indicate

The basic economic and social unit in ancient China was the

administrative organization with officials and regular procedures that helped runt he government.

A complex system of writing, meaning "sacred writings," that is made up of pictures and more abstract forms

Oldest known Mesoamerican civilization, which appeared around 1200 BC

egyptian history is divided into three major periods, known as the

the development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most powerfully by

Significant nomadic peoples who spoke a language derived from a single parent tongue were the

The oldest major city in the Americas which appeared around 2500 BC

Rich soil to grow wheat, barley, and peas in the Indus Valley resulted from

migrating groups who domesticated animals for food, shelter and clothing and who helped spread language, goods and tech

title of Egyptian monarch who possessed absolute power

way in which dead bodies of wealthy Egyptians were preserved from the time of the Old Kingdom

characters or picture symbols in the Chinese language that represent an object, like a mountain or a sun

On their northern and western frontiers, the Chinese people were isolated from people in other parts of Asia by

Religion provided the Egyptians with a sense of security, and Egyptian rulers were viewed as

the longest-lasting Chinese Dynasty, which ruled for almost 800 years and claimed it possessed the Mandate of Heaven

During the Shang dynasty, the class of people that owned the land and waged war were the

Another name for the "rubber people" who grew rubber trees along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico south of Veracruz was

Highest mountains in the world, found in the far north of India

The Minoans Established

In the northern frontier regions of ancient China, conflicts arose between the Chinese and the

The Hittites were the first Indo-Europeans to

The Egyptians developed an accurate 365- day calendar by basing their year on

the 2nd Chinese dynasty, which was mostly a farming society but also concerned with warfare

religious teachers whos words became a source of ideals for social justice as they condemned the rich for suffering

The Maya adapted a ball game played on a stone court, worshiped of a jaguar-like god, a calendar and a numerical system

Harrapan rulers based their power on

Indo-speaking nomadic peoples w/ a strong warrior tradition, at first settled in northern India then controlled it

The Phoenicians produced a number of good for foreign markets, including purple dye, glass and

Who were the descendants of the Indus Valley People

Which Indo-European written language was developed in the Indus River Valley in 1000BC

a distinct group organized in tribes that established the religion of Judaism, which influenced Christianity and Islam

a rich civilization that built an enormous place at Knossos on the island of

traders who lived in a narrow strip of land along the eastern Mediterranean coast, devised an alphabet with 22 character

In which ancient Mesoamerican civilization did about 20,000 people live in terraces cut into the sides of a mountain?

Early Indian writings that reveal that India was a world of many small kingdoms between 1500 BC and 400BC are called the

part of a large complex of buildings dedicated to the dead