Neolithic Revolution
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia II
Egypt
Egypt II
100
The keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis
What is Systematic Agriculture
100
Mesopotamia means land "between the rivers". What rivers flow through Mesopotamia?
What is Tigris & Euphrates
100
basic units of Sumerian civilization.
What is city-states
100
It is the longest river in the world spanning 4,000 miles
What is the Nile
100
True or False: Egyptian Pharaohs possessed absolute power
What is TRUE
200
True of False: Systematic Agriculture happened very fast
What is FALSE
200
True or False: Weather in Ancient Mesopotamia was always predictable?
What is FALSE
200
The most prominent building in a Sumerian city was the temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of the city. This temple was often built atop a massive stepped tower called a...
What is ziggurat
200
The ancient Egyptians referred to the river’s yearly flooding as...
What is the “miracle” of the Nile.
200
What does "pharaoh" mean?
What is “great house” or “ palace”
300
What area did the Neolithic Revolution first develop?
What is Southwest Asia
300
Three general areas of Ancient Mesopotamia
What are Assyria, Akkad, and Sumer
300
a government established by divine authority
What is Theocracy
300
This King united Upper and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom and created the first royal dynasty
Who is King Menes
300
List at least 2 advancements of Ancient Egypt
What is 1. Egyptians were able to calculate area and volume and used geometry to survey flooded land. 2. Developed an accurate 365-day calendar by basing their year on the movements of the moon and on the bright star Sirius. 3. Pyramids, temples, and other monuments
400
What are the six elements of a civilization?
What is 1. Gov't 2. Religion 3. Social Structure 4. Art 5. Writing 6. Cities
400
How did people in the Fertile Crescent adapt their environment?
What is They learned to control the rivers by using irrigation and drainage ditches.
400
What was Sumerians greatest invention?
What is their system of writing
400
What role did the Nile River play in the development of Egyptian civilization
What is The river’s annual floods created rich soil for farming. The river also provided a means of travel to unify the different areas of Egypt.
400
This Kingdom saw a golden age of stability, a period of expansion, pharaohs built public works and provided for the public welfare
What is Middle Kingdom
500
What were some effects of the Neolithic Revolution?
What is 1. When people began settling in villages or towns, they saw the need to build walls for protection and storehouses for goods.2. Storing surplus products encouraged trade. 3. Trading encouraged more people to learn crafts. This led to the division of labor. 4. artisans became more skilled, they made more refined tools. 5. Men became more active in farming and herding animals and Women cared for children, wove cloth for clothes, and did other tasks that kept them in one place.
500
Why was writing so important to ancient Mesopotamians?
What is it allowed a society to keep records and to pass along knowledge from person to person and from generation to generation. Writing also made it possible for people to communicate ideas in new ways.
500
List at least three inventions by the Sumerians (other than writing)
What is 1. wagon wheel 2. The sundial to keep time 3. the arch used in construction are other examples of Sumerian technology. 4. first to make bronze out of copper and tin, creating finely crafted metalwork. 5. In math, they devised a number system based on 60. 6. They used geometry to measure fields and to erect buildings. 7. In astronomy, the Sumerians charted the heavenly constellations.
500
This Kingdom saw an age of prosperity and splendor. The monarchs of the Old Kingdom were powerful rulers over a unified state. Pyramids were built as part of a larger complex of buildings dedicated to the dead— in effect, a city of the dead.
What is Old Kingdom
500
What were the different uses of hieroglyphic and hieratic script
What is Hieroglyphic writing was complex and used for important writing on temples and tombs. Hieratic script was simpler and used for daily transactions.
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