Geography
Government
Government PT 2
Religion
Miscellaneous
100
Why did all of the first civilizations settle in these areas?
They all had rivers
100
What was the government system in Mesopotamia and Egypt?
MONARCHY- Kings and Queens
100
What is a Pharaoh?
King of Egypt
100
What is the name of this? Where is it found?
Pyramid, Egypt
100
What would the ancient Egyptians do to preserve the bodies?
Mummification
200
How were the rivers different in Egypt and Mesopotamia in terms of flooding?
Egypt: Predictable
Mesopotamia: Unpredictable
200
Why were governments formed?
To protect the people and organize large projects such as maintaining the irrigation systems.
200
Why is the Code of Hammurabi HISTORICALLY important?
It was the first set of WRITTEN laws
200
What is the name of this? Where is it found?
Ziggurat, Mesopotamia
200
Why did Egyptians put tools and jewelry in the Pyramids?
They believed they would be used by the person in the afterlife.
300
How did they adapt to the flooding?
Made irrigation systems to adapt to the flooding and water crops.
300
What was Sumer before it was taken over by the Babylonians (before it was an Empire)?
City-State
300
Why was the Code of Hammurabi created?
To create stability
300
Were the religions in Mesopotamia and Egypt Monotheistic or Polytheistic?
Polytheistic: belief in many gods
300
What does this diagram show us?
Elements of a Civilization
400
What geographical feature did Egypt have that Mesopotamia didn't that allowed Egypt to be successful?
Desert
400
How did rulers protect themselves from other city-states/empires?
built city walls
400
What do structures like these tell us about a cultures government?
strong and organized government
400
What did these structures tell us about their cultures?
Religion was a MAJOR role in their life
400
Why did priest have so much power in Ancient civilizations?
because they communicated with the gods
500
What inventions allowed civilizations to form in areas with rivers?
INVENTION OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
500
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
set of laws
500
What did the Code of Hammurabi show us about the social classes in Babylonia?
There was a division in social classes. Different punishments for different social classes.
500
What was put in the tombs in the Pyramids?
tools , jewelry, clothing
500
What river did the Egyptians live near? What river did the Mesopotamians live near?
Egypt: Nile
Mesopotamia: Tigris and Euphrates