Think like a historian
Mesopotamia
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Egypt
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100
What is the job of a historian?
Studying and writing about the past
100
The two Mesopotamia helped to form the _____ ______. This area was used to grow crops.
Fertile Cresent
100
How would you describe the first code of laws
laws and consequences were harsh but people knew the law and obeyed it
100
What was in the flooding waters that helped to create the fertile land?
silt
100
What was the writing made of symbols to represent items and sounds
hieroglyphics
200
Which statement is true about Otzi
He was found frozen in the Alps
We can study his belongings to learn about people in the stone age
200
Why were the mountains important to Mesopotamia
Melting snow to provide water to rivers
200
Mesopotamia is the Greek word meaning
land between the rivers
200
Egypt was known as:
The gift of the Nile
200
This person had the lowest social rank in Egypt
unskilled worker
300
Steady and Surplus of food means
Larger and healthier population
300
What was true statement about the people of Mesopotamia.
They were polytheistic, but each city state had their own one main god.
300
How was flooding in Mesopotamia?
unpredictable
300
Did Egyptians create wheels to help build pyramids
false
300
What was another name for dieties
God
400
When not everyone was needed to form, people took other positions. This is called
job specialization
400
In Sumner, who was at the top of the social classes?
Kings and priests
400
Which one was not a Sumerian Invention: plow, sailboat, books, wheels
books
400
Why are deltas. important to Egyptians
The marsh land created great soil for farming
400
This means eternal life
500
Which word does not belong in the set?
priests, polytheism, irrigation or ziggurat?
irrogation
500
Which king wrote the first code of 282 laws to govern all people?
Hamurabi
500
What was the writing in Mesopotamia called
cuneiform
500
What was the sculpture at the pyramid site that had face of a human and the body of a lion
Sphinx
500
What soil was the most fertile in Egypt
blacklands