Geography
Achievements
Government
Trash Bag
100
This region includes the area of Mesopotamia.
Fertile Crescent
100
The writing system developed by the Sumerians using wedge-shaped marks
Cuneiform
100
Title given to the ruler of ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
100
What is one difference between Mesopotamia and Egypt?
Amount of Rivers, Writing systems, kings, buildings, continents, burial, etc.
200
The Egyptian civilization formed along this river, which flooded regularly and deposited silt.
The Nile River
200
Material made from reeds used by Egyptians for writing.
Papyrus Paper
200
Hammurabi is famous for creating this set of rules to keep order in his empire. (Two words)
Hammurabi's Code
200
What did they have to put on the body during the mummification process to help it dry out?
Salt
300
A triangular area of fertile land where a river meets the sea; Egypt’s Nile forms one of these at its mouth
Delta
300
Large stepped temples in Mesopotamia used for religious ceremonies are called these.
Ziggurats
300
Egypt and Mesopotamia both worshipped many Gods. What vocabulary words match this?
Polytheism
300
Duck Weights
400
The floods of the Tigris and Euphrates left behind this fine soil that made farming possible
Silt
400
A technique developed in Mesopotamia that allowed fields to get water from rivers using channels and ditches.
Irrigation
400
According to Sumerian belief, who could communicate with the gods to help the city prosper?
Priests
400
Who are the two figures shown at the top?
Hammurabi and Shamash
500
A common sea that is around the borders of Mesopotamia and Egypt
Mediterranean Sea
500
Two similarities between cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphics (name one of them)
both used symbols to represent sounds/words/phrases OR both were used to keep records and preserve knowledge
500
Officials who helped the pharaoh run the country make up this organized system of government
Bureaucracy
500
This is the mummified body of what famous pharaoh of ancient Egypt?
King Tut