Ch. 2 - The Spread of Civilization

Trade with other lands affected the Minoans by

Olmec cities such as San Lorenzo had pyramids and other stone monuments and were centers for

The longest lasting dynasty in Chinese history was the

Ancient Indians began to have a written language in approximately

Indo-European languages include Greek, Latin, Persian, Sanskrit, German, and

The Nile River is located on the continent of

A major shift in India's culture between 1500 B.C. and 1000 B.C. was the result of

A seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia that brings rainfall to the Indian subcontinent is

The Torah contains the fundamental principles of the

In Egyptian society, members of the lower class

Sons were expected to

The Mandate of Heaven

The place that Israelites viewed as the center of their religion & of the Israelite kingdom was

A culture which thrived in South America before the Inca gained power was the

The Himalayas separated ancient China from

The city ports of Byblos, Tyre, and Sidon were part of

During the Shang dynasty, the king ruled from Anyang, and the territories were governed by

This civilization, though not Greek, influenced the peoples of the Greek mainland.

The civilization that housed 20,000 people in terraces cut into the sides of a mountain was the

In Egyptian society, merchants, artisans, scribes, and tax collectors were members of

The Egyptian pyramids were

Along with pictographs and ideographs, the Chinese

In ancient China, the family was important because

Two important rivers necessary for food production in ancient China were the Yellow River and

Pictographs and ideographs

Archaeologists studying ancient civilizations in the Indus Valley have found the remains of

Pastoral nomads often passed on new technology, such as the use of bronze and iron, by

The cities of Harrappa and Mohenjo Daro show evidence of

The Phoenician culture is best known for

Egypt's golden age of stability and a period of expansion occurred

The Israelite prophets

The earliest known people to farm along riverbanks on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico were

A 4-tiered structure, 200+ ft high, that towered above buildings along Teotihuacán's main road

The majority of the people who farmed the land during the Shang dynasty were

Egyptian artists and sculptors portrayed the human body

The moderate climate of ancient India allowed the area to earn a reputation as

Along with a calendar & a numeric system, another characteristic of the Olmec civilization was

Egyptian advances in mathematics

The religious beliefs of the Israelites were written down in

India has a variety of geographic regions including mountains, river valleys, a dry plateau &

Monte Alban, which contains temples & pyramids on a 1,200-ft-high mountain, was the center of

The Nile River, which flowed northward,

The cities of Harrappa and Mohenjo Daro

A government bureaucracy developed in Egypt

One factor which made it possible for people to settle in the jungle along the Ganges River was

During the Middle Kingdom, a pharaoh

Most of the 200,000 people of Teotihuacán were

A city, located in a fertile valley in Mesoamerica, that was famous for its obsidian tools was