World History Chapter 2 Test

Person who wanders from place to place rather than making a permanent settlement

Nomadic groups whose food supply depended on hunting animals and collecting plant foods

The Agricultural Revolution; a shift from food gathering to food producing which set the foundation for future generations. It gave a steady food supply, a safer, more stable lifestyle, and more leisure time

a method of farming where groups cut trees or grasses and burn them to clear a field. The ashes fertilize the soil.

Caused by hunters knowledge of wild animals; domestication is the taming of animals which often resulted in enclosing and slaughtering them for a steady food source.

A complex culture with advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology. They were a center for trade and worship and the government offered a range of jobs.

a series of rulers from a single family

the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another

a belief in many Gods

a political unit in which a number of peoples of countries are controlled by a single ruler

A ruler who put together a code of laws that united Sumer

a waterfall or stretch of rapids in a river

a marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river

a strong-willed king of Upper Egypt who united all of Egypt and combined the previously separate crowns.

a king of ancient Egypt, considered a God as well as a political and military leader

a government in which the ruler is viewed as a diving figure; a government controlled by religious leadesr

a massive structure with a rectangular base and four triangular sides; built in Egypt as burial places for Old kingdom pharaohs

a process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying

an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds

a tall reed that grows in the Nile Delta, used by the ancient Egyptians to make a paperlike material for writing on

a large landmass that forms a distinct part of a continent

a wind that shifts in direction at certain times of each year

a fertile deposit of wind blown soil found on the Huang He river

one of the animal bones or tortoise shells used by ancient Chinese priests to communicate with the Gods

in Chinese history, the divine approval though to be the basis of Royal AUthority

the historical pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties

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