Ch 1 WS 2

World History

 

  1. What is an empire?

 

 

  1. What was the name of the guy that created the first empire?

 

 

  1. What empire replaced the Akkadian empire in Mesopotamia? Who headed this empire?

 

 

  1. What was the Code of Hammurabi?

 

 

  1. What is the “principle of retaliation?

 

 

  1. What did the largest category of laws within Hammurabi’s Code deal with?

 

 

  1. What does it mean that Mesopotamian society was patriarchal?

 

 

  1. What is the oldest system of writing called? Who invented it?

 

 

  1. What were the Sumerians the first to make tools out of?

 

 

  1. What river flows through Egypt?

 

 

  1. What were common traits of the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms in Egypt?

 

 

  1. What is a dynasty? Who started the first one in Egypt?

 

 

  1. What became the most common title for the ruler of Egypt?

 

 

  1. Why were the pyramids built?

 

 

  1. Why did the Egyptians mummify their dead?

 

 

  1. Where will you find the largest of the pyramids?

 

 

  1. What did the Hyksos teach the Egyptians?