1. SECOND PERIOD REVIEW
UNIT 2 - Vocabulary -Match the word to its meaning.
LESSON 1 King that united Lower and Upper Egypt.
delta
enormous structure built as a king resting place after death.
Narmer
Type of government in which rule is based on religious authority.
pharaoh
material used as a writing surface.
theocracy
preservation of bodies that involved embalming and drying.
pyramid
mummification Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent sounds.
hieroglyphics
A ruler that was seen as a good.
papyrus
a marshy region formed by deposits of salt at the mouth of a river.
2. LESSON 3
the landmass that includes India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
subcontinent
seasonal winds that bring heavy rains.
monsoon
another name for the Indus Valley civilization.
Harappan civilization
3. LESSON 4
loess huge amounts of yellowish silt that sometimes overflows the rivers.
oracle bones animal bones and turtle shells used by kings to consult gods.
Mandate of Heaven view that royal authority came from heaven.
dynastic cycle the pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties.
feudalism a political system in which nobles, or lords are granted the use of lands.
