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Stack #604404
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fertile Crescent: An arc of rich farmland in Southwest Asia, between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea. | Fertile Crescent |
| Land between the rivers. | Mesopotamia |
| A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit. | City-state |
| A series of rulers from a single family. | Dynasty |
| The spreading of ideas of products from one culture to another. | Cultural Diffusion |
| A belief in many gods. | Polytheism |
| A political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler. | Empire |
| 18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonian. | Hammurabi |
| A king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet (Narmer Palette or Palette of Narmer, c3200 b.c. with relief carving on both sides). | Narmer |
| A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader. | Pharaohs |
| A government in which the ruler is viewed as a divine figure. | Theocracy |
| A massive structure with a rectangular base and four triangular sides, like those that were built in Egypt as burial places fro Old Kingdom pharaohs. | Pyramid |
| A process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying. | Mummification |
| An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were sued to represent ideas and sounds. | Hieroglyphics |
| An ancient document, manuscript, or scroll written on this material. | Papyrus |
| A large landmass that forms a distinct part of a continent. | Subcontinent |
| A wind that shifts in direction at certain times of each year. | Monsoons |
| Another name for the Indus Valley civilization that arose along the Indus River, possibly as early as 7000 B.C; characterized by sophisticated city planning. | Harappan Civilization |
| A fertile deposit of windblown soil. | Loess |
| One of the animal bones or tortoise shells used by ancient Chinese priests to communicate with the gods. | Oracle bone |
| In Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority. | Mandate of Heaven |
| The historical pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties. | Dynastic Cycle |
| A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land. | Feudalism |
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