Vocabulary
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Advances
Junk Drawer
100
an advanced method of bringing water to fields
What is irrigation?
100
The arc of fertile land in southwest Asia is referred to as...
What is the Fertile Crescent?
100
The source of the Nile is located in Lower or Upper Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
100
The device that allowed boats to travel against the wind.
What is the sail?
100
The man who made the saying," An eye for an eye" famous.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
200
The Greek word meaning "Land between the rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
200
The triangular-shaped deposit of land found at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
200
The device that helped farmers get the land ready for planting.
What is the plow?
200

The river that flows through Egypt...

What is the Nile?

300
The rich, fertile soil left behind after flooding waters recede.
What is silt?
300

Akkadian leader who established the world's first empire.

Who is Sargon?

300

The pharoah in Egypt is also thought to be a _____________.

What is a god?

300
The Egyptian system of writing.
What is hieroglyphics?
300

Hammurabi's laws did not treat people equally. The basis of the laws depended on a person's….

What is social class?

400

A type of paper made out of reeds in egypt...

What is papyrus?

400

What were the writers called in Mesopotamia?

What are scribes?

400

The geographical feature that surrounds Egypt to the west.

What is the desert?

400
The Mesopotamian system of writing.
What is cuneiform?
400
The 2 rivers found in Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates?
500

Built for the tombs of ancient pharaohs...

What is the pyramids?

500

Mesopotamia was divided into what types of regions?

What are city-states?

500

The preservation of dead bodies in Ancient Egypt.

What is mummification?

500
The religious temple constructed by the Sumerians.
What is a ziggurat?
500

What are the three time periods in Egypt History called?

What is Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom?

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