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World History – Patterns of Interaction – Review Sheet – Chapter 2 – Early River Valley Civilizations – Sections 1 – 4.
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I – Historical Terms.
1 – City-state
2 – Ziggurat
3 – Dynasty
4 – Cultural Diffusion
5 – “land of no return”
6 – Epic Poem
7 – Debt slave (debt bondage)
8 – Cuneiform
9 – Code of Hammurabi
10 – Lex talionis
11 – Shadoof
12 – Cataract
13 – Pharaoh
14 – Theocracy
15 – Mummification
16 – Rosetta Stone
17 – Hieroglyphics
18 – Papyrus
19 – Geometry
20 – Theocracy
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21 – Subcontinent
22 – Monsoon
23 – Levee(s)
24 – Loess
25 – Filial Piety
26 – Oracle Bones
27 – Mandate of Heaven
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II – People.
1 – Sumerians
2 – Gilgamesh
3 – Sargon of Akkad
4 – Hammurabi
5 – Narmer
6 – Jean Francois Champollion
7 – Hyksos
8 – Shang Dynasty
9 – Zhou Dynasty
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III – Places.
1 – Fertile Crescent
2 – Mesopotamia
3 – Tigris River
4 – Euphrates River
5 – Nile River
6 – Upper Egypt
7 – Lower Egypt
8 – Sahara Desert
9 – Red Land
10 – Black Land
11 – Giza
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12 – Hindu Kush Mountains
13 – Himalaya Mountains
14 – Indus River
15 – Ganges River
16 – Harappa
17 – Mohenjo-Daro
18 – Huang He River
19 – Chang Jiang River
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IV – Gods/Goddesses.
1 – Enlil
2 – “Wicked Udugs”
3 – Re
4 – Osiris
5 – Isis
6 – Anubis
7 – “Eaters of the Dead”
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V – Multiple Choice.
1 – What initially attracted people to settle and farm the flat, swampy lands in southern Mesopotamia?
2 – What three negatives did the early Sumerians have to deal with in the region of southern Mesopotamia in which they settled?
3 – Over a long period of time, what solutions did the people of Sumer create to deal with those problems?
4 – Why did Sumerian priests and the people give military commanders permanent control of standing armies?
5 – Through what three means can “cultural diffusion” occur?
6 – What rights/privileges did women have in Sumerian society?
7 – With what three inventions are the Sumerians credited?
8 – Upon what “base” was the Sumerian number system based?
9 – What three factors contributed to the fall of the dynasty that was created by Sargon of Akkad?
10 – Why did many of Hammurabi’s laws relate to property issues?
11 – What fundamental principle was established through the Code of Hammurabi?
12 – Why did the Greek historian Herodotus describe Egypt as “the gift of the Nile”?
13 – Although the Nile floods were predictable, what risks did the floodwaters pose to the people of ancient Egypt?
14 – Why were the tombs of Egyptian kings more important than their palaces?
15 – What three aspects of Egyptian civilizations are reflected in the pyramids that were constructed during the Old Kingdom?
16 – What human organs were placed in canopic jars by Egyptian embalmers?
17 – Identify three environmental challenges that people of the Indus Valley had in common with the civilizations of
Mesopotamia and Egypt.
18 – Why do historians know less about the Indus Valley civilization than of Mesopotamia and Egypt?
19 – What was one of the most remarkable achievements of the Indus Valley people?
20 – Why do historians and other researchers believe the Indus peoples had strong central government?
21 – Why have linguists been unable to decipher (translate) the Harappan language?
22 – Identify three natural barriers that somewhat isolated ancient China from all other civilizations.
23 – What percentage of China’s land is suitable for farming?
24 – Why did the Chinese name their land the “Middle Kingdom”?
25 – What was the one major advantage of the Chinese system of writing?
26 – What was one major disadvantage of the Chinese system of writing?
27 – Identify three innovations in trade and technology that were introduced during the Chou Dynasty.
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VI – Reading Analysis. “Hatshepsut: How A Woman Took The Throne”.
1 – What “blood myth” can be found in the first paragraph of the artcile?
2 – What is the meaning of the term “regent” as used in the artile “Hatshepsut”?
3 – How frequent was it for a widowed queen to exercise power for a son?
4 – What is the meaning of the name “Hatshepsut”?
5 – In order to rule as king and pharaoh, Hatshepsut needed the support of what two groups in Egypt?
6 – What were the various responsibilities of a pharaoh?
7 – What is the meaning of the term “Ma’at”?
8 – What was the intent of the “story of Hatshepsut”?
9 – What did Hatshepsut’s change of dress signify?
10 – What regions of Egypt were referred to as the “Two Lands”?
11 – Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple was/is named “Djeser-Djeseru”. What is the meaning of that term?
12 – From what illnesses may Hatshepsut have suffered and may have caused her death?