Spread of Civilization Guide I got a 93

What  is the longest river in the world and flows through Egypt

The Nile River

What does the Nile River help with?

growing crops

What helped keep Egypt safe from invasion?

Natural Barriers

Name two Natural Barriers

The Nile and Sahara Dessert

What type of religion did Egyptians have?

Polythiestic

Polytheistic meant they had 1 or many gods?

many gods

What are the Egyptians leaders called?

Pharaohs

What are dynasties?

A rule by a single family and it’s passed down.

How would Egyptians preserve the bodies for the afterlife?

Mummification

Where did Egyptians bury there leaders?

Pyramids

What is papyrus?

paper made from papyrus reed

This is the Egyptian system of writing.  What was it called?

hieroglyphics

The _______________ lived along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in northern Africa. Their way of trading was by the ______________. 

1 phoenicians 2 sea

Who did the Phoenicians share their alphabet with?

Greeks

Who established Israel?

Hebrews

What city did they make the capital?

Jerusalem

The Israelites use the Hebrew bible, which is made up of the _______________________________.

Old Testament

What 2 kingdoms did the Israelites split into?

Israel and Judah

When this split took place, many from Judah were sent to ___________________.  There they became ______________________.

1 Babylon 2 enslaved

After the Persians took over Babylon, the Israelites were sent to 

_____________________.  Here they established __________________.

1 Jerusalem 2 Judaism

What is the name of the Jewish Holy book?

Torah

What did the Hebrews/Jews develop that had an impact on Christianity and the political systems throughout the world?

Ten Commandments

Early civilizations in India formed along the ______________________.

Indus river valley

In the Indus valley how were cities laid out?

grid-system

Can Indus Valley writing be deciphered

yes

Describe 3 geographical ways that China’s barriers keep it isolated from the rest of the world (hint: check slides on China).

Mountains, Rivers,* 

______________________ was the first Chinese dynasty.

Shang

Kings of this dynasty thought they could communicate with the gods through________________________.

Oracle Bones

This is an example of the Chinese writing system. In this system of writing the symbols represent ___________________.

words

Who created the first known writing system in China?

Shang Dynasty

What did the Chinese believe about their ancestors after they died?

They could bring good fortune

What was the Mandate of Heaven and how did it affect dynasties?

A dynasty cycle, where dynasties would rise and fall in a predictable pattern

The ________________ are the first known civilization in Mesoamerica.

Olmecs

What did they carve out of large stones?

Stone heads

The Olmecs and the Mayans played a game with a stone ball where they had to get the ball to do what?

Go through a ring

_______________________ was the first Meso American city.

Teathuarah

In major cities, there was a pyramid to the _______________.

sun