Download World History Chapter 2 Test Study Guide Terms: delta

World History
Chapter 2 Test
Study Guide
Terms: delta, papyrus, cataracts, monarchy, dynasty, theocracy, bureaucracy, vizier, pharaoh,
regent, empire, hieroglyphics, ka, embalming, polytheism, monotheism, city-state, ziggurat,
cuneiform, pictograms, ideograms, scribe, Semites, monsoon, plateau, plain, loess, mandate
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Importance of Nile River: How it “gives life” to ancient Egypt
Significance of Narmer (or Menes)
Old, Middle Kingdoms: important events, achievements, Hyksos invasion
New kingdom: important rulers and achievements; Egyptian empire
Ancient Egyptian religion: important deities, afterlife, mummification, pyramids
Ancient Egyptian writing system & how it was deciphered
Social classes and members of each in ancient Egypt
Egyptian achievements in science and mathematics
Geography and location of Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, unpredictable nature of Tigris
and Euphrates Rivers
Ancient Sumer: “birthplace of civilization”; Sumerian law code (fines, men & women);
Sumerian innovations, esp. writing
Sargon I & his Akkadian empire (first empire in Mesopotamia & probably world)
Hammurabi: achievements, especially law code: “eye for an eye. . .”
Why did Ebla become a wealthy kingdom?
Geography of subcontinent of South Asia (isolating features); monsoons: 3 seasons created
by them; effect on farming
Harappan civilization: location, achievements, urban planning, writing, collapse
Geography of China: isolating features, rivers (esp. Huang He), climate
Ancient China: myths, Shang Dynasty, achievements (includes writing), cities, Mandate of
Heaven
Chapter 2 Map Location- All three maps (Ancient Near East, Ancient India, Ancient China)