History Exam Review

5. a seafaring people of Southwest Asia, who around 1100 B.C. began to trade and established colonies throughout the Mediterranean region.
6. a form of a culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology.
7. a fertile deposit of windblown soil.
8. series of rulers from a single family.
9. the first five books of the Hebrew Bible—the most sacred writings in the Jewish tradition.
10. marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river.
12. a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.

1. the taming of animals for human use.
2. ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs.
3. the Southwest Asian peninsula now occupied by the Asian part of Turkey— also called Asia Minor.
4. a human-made object, such as a tool, weapon, or piece of jewelry.
11. n Aryan society, a member of the social class made up of priests.