Mesopotamia
Name the tall building that served as a temple.
ziggurat
What direction does the Nile flow?
North
Pharaoh was believed to be son of whom?
Re, the sun god
What kind of salt was used to dry out the body?
natron
What was Egyptian "paper" made from?
the papyrus plant
What does the name Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers
Name the sea east of Egypt.
Red Sea
For what purpose were the pyramids built?
As tombs for the pharaohs
What kind of cloth was used to wrap the body?
linen
Which part of the plant was cut into strips to make a sheet?
the stem
Name the large area of productive land that winds from the Tigris and Euphrates to the Mediterranean Sea.
Fertile Crescent
What does the flooding Nile leave on the alluvial plains, that makes the soil nutritious?
silt
What two sections of the Egyptian civilization were led by the pharaoh, making it a theocracy?
religious and political
Why was the body kept from decaying?
To preserve a resting place for the spirit.
How did papyrus sheets dry out after they were made?
They were laid out in the sun.
Which Babylonian king wrote his Code of Law into stone steles?
Hammurabi
What desert lies to the west of Egypt?
the Sahara
What do we call it when the son of the leader becomes the leader after his death?
dynasty
Who was the god of mummification?
Anubis
Many hieroglyphics were found on the inside walls of tombs. What did most of them tell?
They were guides to the afterlife.
Which Akkadian king overtook Sumer and created the first empire?
Sargon
What are the bumpy places in the river which make it unnavigable?
cataracts
What was the name of the people who did the jobs of the government? (Like the people where we get a driver's license)
bureaucrats
What kind of jars were used to hold the organs?
Canopic
Name the artifact that equipped archeologists to translate hieroglyphics.
Rosetta Stone