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Pre-History!
Religion!
Egypt!
Mesopotamia!
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Egypt is located on which continent?
What is Africa?
100
People who did not settle in one place, but continually migrated in their search for food
What are hunter-gatherers?
100
A belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
100
Huge structures built to house the bodies of dead rulers, these were built between 2.5 million and 10,000 years ago.
What are the Pyramids?
100
Translation of what the term "Mesopotamia" actually means.
What is "the land between two rivers"?
200
Popular nickname for the region between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea, where Mesopotamia was located.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
200
Term for the shift people underwent from being hunter-gatherers to being farmers.
What is the Agricultural (or Neolithic) Revolution?
200
This figure was not only the political leader of Ancient Egypt, but also worshipped as a god.
Who was the Pharaoh?
200
This 4000 mile long river is the source of all life in Egypt, and is worshipped as a god.
What is the Nile River?
200
This is the present day country where Mesopotamia was located so long ago.
What is Iraq?
300
Name of the famous Babylonian ruler who created one of the first known legal codes.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
Period of time between 2.5 million to 8000 years ago, characterized by the invention of fire, tools and language
What is the Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age?
300
Ancient Egyptians believed in more roughly how many gods and goddesses?
What is 2000? (roughly)
300
Technical name for the process of preserving (or mummifying) bodies of the dead for the afterlife in Ancient Egypt.
What is embalming?
300
These are the two main rivers surrounding Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Eurphrates Rivers?
400
This civilization is credited with inventing the wheel, the sail and the plow, as well as types of aritchmatic and architecture.
What is Mesopotamian Civilization?
400
Period of time from 8000 BCE to 3000 BCE, characterized by invention of pottery, growing crops and domestication of animals
What is the Neolithic (New Stone) Age?
400
Large temples in Mesopotamia that were more than likely associated with religious rituals.
What are Ziggurats?
400
Ancient Egyptian form of writing, based on pictures.
What are hieroglyphics?
400
Mesopotamian style of writing, made up of shapes, was known by this name.
What is Cuneiform?
500
Egyptian name for writing surface they invented, the precursor to modern day paper.
What is papyrus?
500
This ended about 10,000 years ago, helping to bring about the Agricultural Revolution.
What is the (mini) Ice Age?
500
The legendary King/god who supposedly brought cedar wood back to the people of Uruk (Mesopotamia) by killing the demon Humbaba.
Who was Gilgamesh?
500
According to scholars, when were the Pyramids built?
What is between 2600 and 2100 BCE?
500
The difference between the religious beliefs of Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians was that Mesopotamians did not believe in this.
What is the afterlife?
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