Different between Modern and Ancient Egpyt
Geographical feature that help or hurt
Geographical feature
Vocabulary
Jobs
100
the "land between the rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
100
The Egyptian king that first united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is King Menes?
100
This Mesopotamian invention was the start of something you do in Mr. Barlock's class
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh (or stories)?
100
A line of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty?
100
The lowest member of any civilization's social class structure
What is a slave?
200
The river that irrigated Egypt
What is the Nile River?
200
The Egyptian sun god
Who is Ra?
200
This Mesopotamian invention lets us know when we will go on spring break
What is the calendar?
200
Story-telling about gods, goddesses and heroes
What is mythology?
200
A person whose job might be farming or beekeeping
What is a commoner?
300
The rivers that irrigated the Fertile Crescent
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
300
Developed a set of 282 laws that governed daily life in Babylon
Who is Hammurabi?
300
This Egyptian invention is something you will study in Dr. Haan's class
What is geometry?
300
Belief in more than one god
What is polytheism?
300
A wealthy person in Mesopotamian society
What is an aristocrat?
400
The body of water north of Egypt and west of Mesopotamia
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
Egyptian god of the underworld
Who is Osiris?
400
This Mesopotamian invention helps you get from one place to another
What is the wheel?
400
Mesopotamian writing system
What is cuneiform?
400
The very top of the Egyptian social structure
What is the pharaoh?
500
The modern-day site of Mesopotamia
What is Iraq?
500
The most famous pharaoh of the New Kingdom; died at a young age from mysterious causes
Who is King Tut?
500
This Egyptian invention is something you use in (most) classes everyday
What is paper?
500
Egyptian writing system
What is hieroglyphics?
500
A person who is responsible for writing down records
What is a scribe?
M
e
n
u