The Natural Environment
Controlling Rivers
Social classes
Individual Leaders
Miscellaneous
100
Gold is an example of this.
What is a natural resource
100
The Egyptians and Mesopotamians needed to control their rivers because they did this:
What is flooded?
100
These individuals did most of the work in Egypt. They were at the bottom of the social pyramid.
What are peasants?
100
Hamshepsut was the first female one of these.
What are pharaohs?
100
Papyrus was used to make this:
What is paper?
200
Natural Barriers are an example of this
What is Topography
200
This is a layer of fertile soil left behind after a flood.
What is silt?
200
These were the individuals responsible for recording information. They kept records of grain and of the food supply.
What are scribes?
200
This man created the first written set of laws.
Who is Hammurabi.
200
Mesopotamia was built between which two rivers?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
300
Papyrus is an example of this.
What are living things
300
This structure, developed in Mesopotamia, was a wall built along the banks of a river to keep it from overflowing.
What is a levee?
300
These were the religious leaders in Egypt. They were well-respected and carried our ceremonies.
What are priests?
300
This man was the first Pharaoh of Egypt, who was responsible for making the Pharaoh into the most powerful leader.
Who is Khufu?
300
This is the process of bringing water to ones crops
What is irrigation?
400
Egypt was surrounding by three of these, which offered protection from invaders.
What are deserts
400
This structure, built across a river, helped to stop or slow the flow of water.
What is a dam?
400
An example of this is Ramses II. They were the supreme leaders of Egypt. They were like kings.
What are Pharaohs?
400
The first recorded set of laws was called what?
What is Hammurabi's code?
400
This river overflowed every summer.
What is the Nile River?
500
These are the four characteristics of the natural environment
What are climate, natural resources, topography, and living things?
500
These are small passageways of water (mini-rivers) built off of rivers to bring water to a specific place.
What are canals?
500
What are all of the social classes in Egypt, from most powerful to least powerful?
What are pharaohs, government officials, priests, scribes, artisans, and peasants.
500
What was Khufu most famous for building?
What are the great pyramids of Giza?
500
The part of Egypt where the Nile River flows from is called this:
What is Upper Egypt.
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