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WH Unit 1 Vocab

Quiz by Mr. Harrison

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  • Q1
    A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
    Cuneiform
    30s
  • Q2
    A tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple; base of religion and government
    Ziggurat
    30s
  • Q3
    A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.
    City-state
    30s
  • Q4
    Belief in or worship of more than one god.
    Polytheism
    30s
  • Q5
    A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
    Pharaoh
    30s
  • Q6
    Egyptian writing that involved using pictures to represent words and sounds.
    Hieroglyphics
    30s
  • Q7
    A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life.
    Caste System
    30s
  • Q8
    Rise and fall of Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven
    Dynastic Cycle
    30s
  • Q9
    The belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods
    Mandate of Heaven
    30s
  • Q10
    the period in ancient human culture when people began to make and use bronze for tools and weapons
    Bronze Age
    30s
  • Q11
    A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates; home of the first civilizations
    Fertile Crescent
    30s
  • Q12
    A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires.
    Mesopotamia
    30s
  • Q13
    Amorite ruler of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 B.C.E.). He conquered many city-states in southern and northern Mesopotamia and is best known for a code of laws, inscribed on a black stone pillar, illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases.
    Hammurabi
    30s
  • Q14
    Refers to how the Nile River helped the Egyptians. It gave them protection, transportation, and food.
    Gift of the Nile
    30s
  • Q15
    a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader
    Pharoah
    30s

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