Communication
Geography
Religion
Economy/
Culture (Social)
Government
100
The first form of writing.
What is cuneiform?
100
A river that flows through Egypt.
What is the Nile?
100
Monotheism
What is the belief in one and only one god?
100
_____________ were considered the lowest class of people in Egyptian societies.
What is slaves?
100
A Pharaoh
What was the title of the leader of the Egyptian government?
200
The Mesopotamians write on this natural product.
What is clay?
200
The two rivers that surrounded ancient Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
_____________ is the belief in several gods.
What is polytheism?
200
The Nile provided a route for Egyptians to __________ with other surrounding civilizations for resources in which Egypt was not rich in.
What is trade?
200
Who is King Hammurabi?
Who was the creator of the first set of written laws in Ancient Mesopotamia?
300
A type of paper product used to write on by the Egyptians.
What is papyrus?
300
Mesopotamia is also known the ________________ due its prime location between two rivers that created rich soil.
What is "Fertile Crescent?"
300
Ancient Egyptians buried their Pharaohs in tombs called _________________.
What is pyramids?
300
They began living in farming villages, raising animals and crops.
How did humans begin to settle into civilizations/farming communities?
300
Priests and kings
What two groups of people were the leaders of the Mesopotamian government?
400
The form of writing invented by ancient Egyptians.
What is hieroglyphics?
400
Three benefits that societies living in a river valley have over other civilizations.
What is trade, transportation, rich soil, various resources, food, water source, etc.?
400
Life is a journey, and death is a return to the earth.
What is Buddhism?
400
A society that is highly organized and can pass down written information from one generation to the next.
What is a civilization?
400
"An eye for an eye"
What saying describes the type of punishments given in Hammurabi's Code?
500
The Rosetta Stone.
What is a stone with writings that have been translated into the same message in three different languages?
500
The civilization that first developed the pyramid.
What is Egypt?
500
Being reborn in different bodies over and over until "you get it right."
What is reincarnation?
500
Children must work and live in the same jobs as their parents.
What is the caste system?
500
A _____________ is a city and surrounding land that make up an independent state, with its own ruler, army, and laws.
What is a city-state?
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