WH Chapter 2 Vocab
Across
- 2. A marshy triangular area of land formed by a river
- 6. professional record keepers
- 7. Seasonal winds that affect India's climate
- 8. Practiced by the Egyptians where they embalm and dry their dead in wraps
- 9. belief in many gods
- 11. a political system in which lords are granted land by the king
- 12. development of skills in a specific kind of work
- 14. pyramid shaped temple in Mesopotamia
- 15. King of Babylon who displayed laws in his kingdom
- 17. First type of paper made out of reeds in Egypt
- 19. This was the cycle that described the rise, decline, and replacement of Chinese dynasties.
- 20. skilled workers who make goods by hand
Down
- 1. first writing system ever
- 3. a government where a religious figure rules
- 4. The first king who united Egypt
- 5. Fertile yellow soil blown by winds from the deserts in northern China
- 7. The _____ of Heaven was divine approval that allowed Chinese rulers to stay in power.
- 8. means the land between two rivers
- 10. Egyptian writing, means sacred carving
- 13. Word for Egyptian god kings
- 16. long lasting pattern of organization in a community
- 17. A giant triangular shaped tomb
- 18. a series of rulers from a single family