Sedentary VS Nomadic
First Cities
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Anything Goes!
100
People who move around a lot to follow the animals or the changing weather are....
Nomadic
100
3. What were the first cities?
Jericho and Catal Huyuk
100
9. Which two rivers surround Mesopotamia?
Euphrates and Tigris
100
14. True or False: Egyptians were monotheistic.
FALSE. They were polytheistic. They believed in MANY gods.
100
20. How did ancient cities get things without money, credit cards, or shopping malls?
They traded
200
People who hunt for food are...
Nomadic
200
6. What did they use to protect Jericho that they did not use in Catal Huyuk?
A watchtower and large walls
200
8. Did everyone know how to write in Mesopotamia? Why or why not?
NO! People went to school to learn how to write in order to work as a scribe.
200
13. What happened to a Pharaoh once he died? (be specific!)
Mummified ( organs removed, body embalmed and wrapped in cloth) then the body was placed in a tomb inside a pyramid Items were often put inside the tomb so they could have them in the afterlife.
200
19. What is the name of the longest river in the world? Where is it located?
Nile River Egypt
300
People who grow food (farm)
Sedentary
300
5. What did the people of the first cities do with the dead?
Bury them under their houses. (Let birds eat the flesh; sometimes they kept the skull)
300
10. Why are the rivers important?
Flood the land making it fertile (easy to grow food after)
300
12. What is Egyptian writing called? What did they write on?
Hieroglyphics Papyrus paper and walls (i.e.: inside tombs/pyramids)
300
21. Which Mesopotamian monuments were like Egyptians pyramids?
Ziggurats (temples)
400
People who stay in one place
Sedentary
400
4. Describe the houses in Catal Hoyuk ? What made them safe?
High windows, doors on roofs, all connected to each other (close together)
400
7. What was Mesopotamian writing called? What did they write it on?
Cuneiform writing Clay tablets
400
16. What is the “gift of the Nile”?
The flooding that happens every year makes the land fertile so farmers can grow food.
400
18. Who was at the top of the SOCIAL HIERARCHY pyramid in Mesopotamia or Egypt? Who was at the bottom?
Top = King or Pharaoh Bottom= Slaves and peasants
500
The first type people in history
Nomadic
500
2. What made sedentarization possible?
Discovering how to farm and domesticate (train) animals.
500
11. Who was Hammurabi and what did he create? BE SPECIFIC.
King of Babylon who invented a set of 282 laws for people to follow.
500
15. How did Egyptians decide if a person could go to the afterlife?
They would weigh the person's heart and the feather of truth. If they were not equal, the person's body would be fed to the crocodiles.
500
17. Why is Mesopotamia called the cradle of civilization?
It was the BIRTH PLACE of many inventions. Like a baby, things are born there.
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