Geography
Religion
Government Part 1
Technology
Government Part 2
100
Early civilizations started around a...
What is a river?
100
A temple in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
100
King who developed a harsh code of law; consequences depended on your class.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
Tool used by the ancient Egyptians to lift water into the canals.
What is a shadoof?
100
ancient Egyptian knowledge of mathematics helped them build these structures.
What is the pyramids?
200
Land between the two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
200
The process used by the ancient Egyptians to prepare the body for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
200
The leader in ancient Egypt was called the...
What is pharaoh?
200
Egyptian "paper" made from reed plants.
What is papyrus?
200
Empire from Mesopotamia that developed a battering ram
Who are the Assyrians?
300
Modern day nation where Mesopotamia is located.
What is Iraq?
300
Structures built by the ancient Egyptians during the Old Kingdom in which they buried their pharaohs
What are pyramids?
300
Form of government found in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
What is a monarchy?
300
The language of Hammurabi's Code of Law is written in.
What is cuneiform?
300
What the double crown of ancient Egypt represents.
What is the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt?
400
What rivers left behind after they flooded that fertilized the soil.
What is silt?
400
Osirus, Isis, Thoth, Horus, & Anubis
Who are ancient Egyptian gods?
400
Due to their power and position in society, kings were placed here on the social pyramid.
What is at the top?
400
Used by the Egyptians and Mesopotamians to help with flood prediction.
What is a calendar?
400
One reason the ancient Egyptians, Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires declined.
What is wars with other civilizations?
500
The two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
500
The first monotheistic religion that is still practiced today.
What is Judaism?
500
Political divisions used by the governments in Mesopotamia where a powerful city controlled itself and nearby land.
What is a city-state?
500
Used by the Egyptians and Mesopotamians to make planting easier.
What is a plow?
500
Due to their lack of power and status, slaves were placed here on the social pyramid.
What is at the bottom?
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