Vocabulary 1
This was the life Egyptians believed came after their time on Earth ended
What is the Afterlife?
Egyptians wrapped dead bodies in cloth to preserve them. These preserved bodies are called this
What are Mummies?
The word "Mesopotamia" means "land between two____" (hint: water)
What are rivers?
True or false: Ancient Egyptians were polytheistic (worshipped more than 1 God)
True
Southern, Arctic, Indian, Atlantic, Pacific
What are the worlds oceans?
These huge stone structures were built as tombs for pharaohs.
What are the Pyramids?
This title was given to the kings of Ancient Egypt
What is a Pharaoh?
Mesopotamians wrote using this wedge shaped script?
What is cuneiform?
This river was the lifeline of Ancient Egypt
What is the Nile River
What is the Neolithic age?
The Ancient Egyptians used this plant to make paper for writing.
What is Papyrus?
Ancient Egypt had this type of government where the ruler was also considered a god
What is a theocracy?
Mesopotamia is part of a region called the "____ Crescent."
What is the Fertile Crescent
What famous stone helped people read hieroglyphics?
What is the Rosetta stone.
The change from hunting and gathering to farming is called the ______
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
This famous statue has the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh.
What is a sphinx?
The Nile River had these steep rapids that made travel and trade difficult
What is a Cataract
Name one of the 2 rivers that Mesopotamia lies between
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
The desert that covers most of Egypt is the ______
What is the Sahara Desert
Raising animals for food, work, or other resources
What is Domestication?
This tall, four-sided stone monument with a pyramid-shaped top was built to honor the sun god Ra.
What is an Obelisk?
This picture writing system was used by the Ancient Egyptians
What is Hieroglyphics?
This was the world's first known written set of laws
What is Hammurabi's Code?
pharaohs in ancient Egypt were seen as both kings and _____ (Hint: think of Ra, Anubis, etc.)
What is a god?
People who move from place to place searching for food
What are nomads?