| A | B |
|---|
| Curved shaped area known for its richness of its land | Fertile Crescent |
| "Land between two rivers" | Mesopotamia |
| An independent city surrounded by farmland | City-State |
| Series of rulers from the same family | Dynasty |
| Process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another | Cultural Diffusion |
| The belief in more than one god | Polytheism |
| The belief in only one god | Monotheism |
| The world's first form of writing | Cuneiform |
| Egyptian form of writing which uses pictograms | Hieoglyphics |
| The bringing together many independent states under the control a single ruler | Empire |
| The process of diverting water to crops | Irrigation |
| A broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river | Delta |
| Egyptian god-kings | Pharaohs |
| Type of government in which rule is based on religious authority | Theocracy |
| Sumerian temple where grain was stored | Ziggurat |
| Tomb for Egyptian Pharaohs | Pyramid |
| Egyptian system of embalming and drying a corpse | Mummification |
| Reed which was stripped and dried to create a writing surface in Egypt | Papyrus |
| Wedge-shaped tool used by scribes to write on clay tablets | Stylus |
| Person given the specific task to record information | Scribe |
| Landmass separated from Asia by the Hindu Kush and Himalayan Mountains | Indian Subcontinent |
| Seasonal winds which produce extreme weather conditions | Monsoons |
| Deposits of yellowish silt | Loess |
| Animal bones on which priests scratched questions to be answered by the gods | Oracle Bones |
| Chinese concept of Divine Rule | Mandate of Heaven |
| The pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties | Dynastic Cycle |
| Form of government with a single ruler; usually for life and hereditary | Monarchy |
