Egypt
Mesopotamia
True or False
FIB
Random
100
Which continent is Egypt on?
Africa
100
Where in Asia was Mesopotamia?
Southwest, Middle East
100
Phonecians were settled in what is today Lebanon.
TRUE
100
__________ is the name Historians call the area where Mesopotamians first settled.
Fertile Crescent
100
Give me 1 right Egyptian women had.
Own property, make contracts, divorce their husbands
200
Where are Upper and Lower Egypt?
Upper on bottom of Nile, Lower on top of Nile
200
What are the two rivers where civilization settled first in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
200
Hieroglyphics has an alphabet system.
FALSE
200
Sumerians practiced _________, belief in more than one God. They worshipped _____, the Moon God.
polytheism, Nanna
200
In mummification process, salting the body to pull out water
300
What did the Egyptians think of "ka"?
Person's life force, lives in pyramid tomb, connected to the real world even after death
300
Name three civilization in Mesopotamia.
Hittites
Kassites
Babylonians
Assyrians
Phoenicians
Ur
Sumer
Akkadians
300
Pyramids pointed up to signify the tall spirit of the ka.
FALSE
300
Mesopotamians used _________, the first writing system. This system used _________ symbols. It was first used to keep ____________.
Cuneiform, picture, business records
300
What were the battle tactics of the Assyrians?
Burn and loot village, then send in soldiers for the final blow
400
Tell me three Egyptian gods and their powers
RE- SUN GOD
OSIRIS- GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD
ISIS- GODDESS OF MAGIC
HORUS- GOD OF THE PHARAOHS
ANUBIS- UNDERTAKER
400
What was the function of irrigation?
To distribute water to areas that didn't get it, in order to help crops grow and stop flooding
400
King Pianki and Kashta conquered Egypt.
TRUE
400
The Pharaoh ___________, mentioned, in the Quran, fought and later allied with the __________ and defeated the Sea Peoples after ____ years of fighting.
Ramses the Great, Hitties, 50
400
This individual united Upper and Lower Egypt
Menes
500
Tell me the social hierarchy of Egypt: top to bottom
Pharaoh
Nobles/Priests
Scribes/Craftspeople
Farmers, Servants, Slaves
500
Explain the importance/civilization of the following people:
1) Hammurabi
2) Gilgamesh
3) Sargon
1) Leader of the Babylonians, wrote a code of laws
2) Leader of Uruk, wrote Epic of Gilgamesh
3) Leader of Akkadians, first one to have a professional army
500
Queen Hasheput's biggest accomplishments were increasing trade and taking over other parts of Africa.
FALSE
500
The Old Kingdom is when Egyptians started building _______. The _____ Kingdom was a time when the _______ conquered Egypt. The New Kingdom was a time when conquest and _______ brought immense wealth to Egypt.
Pyramids, Middle, Hyksos, Trade
500
Gilgamesh