Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia II
Egypt
Egypt II
Both
100
Mesopotamian city-states were _____. 1. Separated by geography 2. Independent governments 3. Protected by mud walls from war with other city-states 4. All of the above
What is all of the above?
100
In the myth, Marduk and the The Tablets of Destiny, the tablets symbolize this part of Mesopotamian civilization.
What is cuneiform writing?
100
Egyptian civilization began on the _____ river.
What is the Nile?
100
A _____ is a line of rulers from one family.
What is a dynasty?
100
Rivers in early civilizations were used for _____ and _____.
What are farming and trade?
200
The name Mesopotamia means _____.
What is "between two rivers?"
200
A _____ kept official records.
What is a scribe?
200

What was the purpose of the pyramids? 

As tombs for dead pharaohs 

200
The Egyptian king was called a _____.
What is a pharaoh?
200
The belief in many gods is called _____.
What is polytheism?
300
The Sumerians developed the first system of writing, called _____.
What is Cuneiform?
300
True or False: Mesopotamian women had the same rights as Mesopotamian men.
What is false?
300
The Egyptians used _____ to make paper, baskets, and other products.
What is papyrus?
300
Advances in trade, the need to manage large irrigation systems, and settle disputes gave rise to _____ in Egypt
What is government?
300
Early societies were rigidly divided into social _____.
What are hierarchies?
400
To solve the problem of unpredictable flooding, Mesopotamians developed _____.
What are irrigation systems?
400
Hammurabi created the first _____.
What is a law code?
400
Egyptian writing is called _____.
What is Hieroglyphics?
400
The _____ was a collection of spells and prayers that Egyptians studied to obtain life after death.
What is The Book of the Dead?
400
Early civilizations created _____ to record their histories, explain the universe, and entertain.
What are myths?
500
_____ were large structures at the center of Mesopotamian city-states used as treasuries, storehouses and places of worship.
What were ziggurats?
500

Name and explain one of Hammurabi's laws

An eye for an eye":Law 196 states, "If a man has put out the eye of another man, they shall put out his eye", Responsibility of builders:If a builder's work caused a house to collapse and kill the owner, the builder was put to death, Marriage/Family Laws, etc.


500
True or false: In Egypt, women could own property.
What is true?
500
This pharaoh tried to change Egypt by moving his capital to Thebes and by allowing worship of only one god.
Who was Akhenaton?
500

Name and explain one similarity and one difference between Mesopotamia and Egypt 

Similar: social classes, built near river

Different: name for pharaohs, lack of code of laws in Egypt

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