Vocabulary
The belief in more than one god.
polytheism
What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Who was at the bottom of the social pyramid?
slaves/servants
The device that allowed boats to travel against the wind developed by Mesopotamia
sail
Pharaohs had absolute power and were considered gods (T/F)
TRUE
A ruler of ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
The first ever Civilization
Sumer
What was the river central to ancient Egyptian life and civilization?
The Nile
The device that helped farmers get the land ready for planting
plow
The Father of 3 monotheistic Religons
Abraham
Discovering seeds grew into crops, rising temps, surplus of grain, populations boom gave way to...
Neolithic Revolution
The kind of writing these people created
Cuneiform
The king in Egypt is also thought to be a _____________.
god
The Egyptian creations for math (2 things)
Geometry, Numbers
Jewish Holy Book
Torah
Tombs for Phararos
Pyramids
Solutions to 2 geographical problems people in Mesopotamia faced (flooding and no barriers)
irrigation ditches, walls made of dried mud walls
The kind of writing these people developed
Hieroglyphics
Process of embalming and drying out the corpse so that the soul could return to the body later
Mummification
The rivers in Mesopotamia never flooded (T/F)
FALSE
A large rectangular structure built in layers of successively smaller levels, ending with a temple at the top
ziggurat
Which civilization had the first written law code and which developed road systems and efficient gov
Babylon and Persia
Positive and Negative of being surrounded by desert. Positive and Negative of the Nile
Protection from invaders, could not trade with others. Predictable flooding, drought caused famine
The religious temple constructed by the Sumerians.
a ziggurat
The rules God told the Jews they had to live by
10 Commandments