Geography
What are the rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
The Pharaohs
What is the first written law code?
Hammurabi's Code
What is the most famous form of architecture in Ancient Egypt?
Pyramids
What is cuneiform?
What is left when rivers in Mesopotamia and Egypt overflow?
Silt
What are some things that were buried with Pharoahs?
Their money, gold jewelry, furniture, cat, clothing,
WHy were the gardens of Babylon built?
King Nebikinezer built it because his wife missed her homeland
What is a ziggurat?
Temples of Mesopotamia
What is mummification?
Preserving of a dead body for the afterlife
What happens to the Nile river that the people of Egypt used to their advantage?
Predictable flooding
What is the name of the king in Ancient Egypt?
Pharaoh
How did the Mesopotamians use the rivers to get water to their crops
canals
What structures other than the pyramids were Egyptians responsible for building?
Sphinx
What are the eight features of civilization?
cities, central government, public works, arts and architecture, religion, specialized jobs, social classes, writing
What did Mesopotamia and Egypt have in common?
They both settled along rivers
Who is the Sun God or main god of Ancient Egypt?
Amon Re
Where is Mesopotamia located?
The middle east
(Present day Iraq)
What is hieroglyphics?
Egyptian system of writing that used pictures as symbols
Who was the Great Pyramid of Giza Built for?
Khufu
What is caused by the flooding of the Nile and Tigris and Euphrates?
Fertile land for growing crops
What is the name of the statue that has a body of a lion and a head of a pharoah?
Sphinx
What is the meaning of the word "Mesopotamia"?
Land between 2 rivers
What were different jobs of the people of Mesopotamia
What is a nickname for Mesopotamia?
The Fertile Crescent