Early Civilizations: Big Picture/Characteristics
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt#2
Potpourri
Potpourri 2
Final Jeopardy "Gilgamesh"
100
What shared geographic feature do Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley all rely on?
Rivers
100
Mesopotamia is located between these two rivers.
Tigris and Euphrates
100
This feature best describes the layout of Indus Valley cities?
Grid Pattern
100
The idea that represents balance, order, and justice in Ancient Egypt.
Ma'at
100
The clothing worn by the pharaoh to symbolize the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt during the Old Kingdom.
The double crown
100
What colour is SpongeBob SquarePants pants
Brown
100
This animated movie features emotions like Joy, Sadness, and Anger.
Inside Out
100
In an epic battle, Gilgamesh and his companion Enkidu slay this creature, angering the gods and ultimately leading to Enkidu’s death.
The Bull of Heaven
200
This continental orientation allowed easier spread of crops and animals?
east-west
200
This limits of human life was a main theme of this Mesopotamian story.
Gilgamesh
200
This urban feature of Indus Valley cities best demonstrates advanced planning and concern for sanitation?
Drainage systems
200
This Egyptian Queen is believed to have adopted a male persona an ruled as Pharaoh Neferneferuaten after her husband death
Nefertiti
200
This ancient Egyptian stele was crucial for deciphering hieroglyphics
Rosetta stone
200
Name this 90's Pop Group
The Spice Girls
200
What shape is a stop sign
Octagon
300
Jared Diamond suggests this matters more than intelligence in early development?
Geography
300
The Principle of "an eye for an eye" comes from this Mesopotamian code of law
Hammurabi’s Code
300
This missing link is the primary reason for why this regions political leadership and structure has remined such a mystery.
Undeciphered writing system
300
This piece of Middle Kingdom literature reflected he growing philosophical belief of order and justice
The Eloquent Peasant
300
The architect associated with the Step Pyramid of Djoser?
Imhotep
300
This team won back to back world series in 1992 and 1993
The Toronto Blue Jays
300
The name of the current moon exploration program
Artemis
400
Diamond’s Axes Theory is often supported as it argues against this idea as an explanation for why some societies developed earlier than others.
Ethnic superiority
400
This Mesopotamian empire was most known for its agressions, military organization and advanced warfare techniques
Assyria
400
What does the lack of large palaces and temples, access to drainage systems for most residents, and relatively consistent housing suggest about Indus Valley social hierarchy?
Possible egalitarian society
400
The two most significant components of Egyptian burial practices required to achieve eternal life in the afterlife.
Mummification and funerary texts
400
This supreme deity of Egypt was formed in the middle kingdom when the god of Thebes and the god of the sun merged.
Amun-Ra
400
This massive storm, has been raging on Jupiter for hundreds of years.
The Great Red Spot
400
What is the national flower of Japan
The Cherry Blossom
500
This characteristic of a civilization the foundation for all other characteristics
Agricultural Intensification
500
This term is used to describe early Mesopotamian systems where councils shared power before kings ruled
Primitive Democracy
500
This piece of historical evidence is the primary link between the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia trade
Seals
500
The first female pharaoh not to rule as a regent.
Hatshepsut
500
This west Asian group ruled northern Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period
Hyksos
500
This artist currently has the #1 album in the world "The Great Divide"
Noah Kahan
500
What animal can sleep for up to three years
Snail