GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENT
WHY WERE RIVERS IMPORTANT TO EARLY CIVILIZATIONS?
THEY PROVIDED WATER, TRANSPORTATION, AND FERTILE SOIL
WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT WAS RULED BY KINGS OR QUEENS?
MONARCHY
WHAT IS THE BELIEF IN MANY GODS CALLED?
POLYTHEISM
WHAT TWO RIVERS SURROUNDED MESOPOTAMIA?
TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS
WHAT RIVER WAS ESSENTIAL TO EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION?
NILE RIVER
WHAT IS FERTILE SOIL LEFT BEHIND BY FLOODING CALLED?
SILT
WHY WERE LAWS IMPORTANT IN EARLY CIVILIZATIONS?
THEY KEPT ORDER AND PROTECTED PEOPLE
WHAT DID EGYPTIANS BELIEVE HAPPENED AFTER DEATH?
PEOPLE ENTERED AN AFTERLIFE
WHAT CIVILIZATION DEVELOPED THE FIRST CITY-STATES IN MESOPOTAMIA?
SUMERIANS
WHAT TITLE WAS GIVEN TO EGYPTIAN RULERS?
PHARAOH
WHAT GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE HELPED PROTECT EGYPT FROM INVASION?
DESERTS
WHAT SOCIAL CLASS WAS AT THE TOP OF EGYPTIAN SOCIETY?
PHARAOHS
WHAT CONTRIBUTION ALLOWED CIVILIZATIONS TO KEEP RECORDS AND COMMUNICATE?
WRITING
WHAT WRITING SYSTEM DID THE SUMERIANS CREATE?
CUNEIFORM
WHAT WRITING SYSTEM DID THE EGYPTIANS USE?
HIEROGLYPHICS
WHAT REGION BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS WAS CALLED THE “FERTILE CRESCENT”?
MESOPOTAMIA
WHAT TERM DESCRIBES A RANKING SYSTEM OF SOCIAL CLASSES?
SOCIAL HIERARCHY (SOCIAL STRUCTURE)
NAME ONE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION FROM ANCIENT EGYPT.
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PYRAMIDS, CALENDAR, MEDICINE, OR HIEROGLYPHIC
WHAT IS THE NAME OF HAMMURABI’S FAMOUS LAW CODE?
CODE OF HAMMURABI
WHAT STRUCTURES DID EGYPTIANS BUILD AS TOMBS FOR PHARAOHS?
PYRAMIDS
HOW DID GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCE WHERE CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOPED?
CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOPED NEAR RIVERS AND FERTILE LAND
WHAT CONTRIBUTION FROM MESOPOTAMIA INFLUENCED FUTURE LEGAL SYSTEMS?
WRITTEN LAWS
NAME ONE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION FROM MESOPOTAMIA.
CUNEIFORM, WHEEL, IRRIGATION, OR WRITTEN LAWS
WHAT INVENTION HELPED MESOPOTAMIAN FARMERS WATER CROPS?
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
WHAT PROCESS DID EGYPTIANS USE TO PRESERVE BODIES?
MUMMIFICATION