STUDY SHEET Social Studies Chapter 2

Chapter 2 Review 2018

Name ______STUDY SHEET_______

Fill in the name of the person, place or term beside each definition.

The quiz will be exactly like this, just mixed up. 

	Abraham		the father of the nation Israel
1	cuneiform		wedge-shaped writing
2	patriarchs		founding fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
3	Equality under the law		all people who commit the same crime should be punished in the same way
4	polytheist		one who worships many gods
5	monotheist		one who worships only one god
6	nation-state		a nation or people living in its own land with its own government
7	Joseph		Jacob's son who was sold into slavery by his brothers
8	dispersion		the scattering of people over the earth
9	promulgation		making the laws known
10	laws		rules people follow in living together
11	bureaucracy		a group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern
12	humanist		one who makes men into gods
13	wheel		the Sumerians were the first people known to use this simple device
14	Fertile crescent		an area in the Middle East known for its ability to grow crops and its shape like a crescent moon
15	Canaan		the center of the ancient world
16	empire		rule by one city or people over other cities or peoples