Mesopotamia 1
Mesopotamia 2
Ancient Egypt
General 1
General 2
100
The first civilization to begin in ancient Mesopotamia were the
Sumerians
100
Mesopotamia existed on which modern-day continent?
Asia
100
An ancient Egyptian ruler had this title
Pharaoh
100
Why did nomadic people start settling near rivers?
Acceptable answers: *For drinking water. * For farming * For food (fish and other animals that drink water)
100
In ancient times people relied on the rivers flooding and spreading ____________ around the land to make it fertile and good for farming.
Silt
200
Mesopotamia existed inside an area of land that was very good for farming. This area was called
The Fertile Crescent
200
Before people started settling down they moved from place to place without a permanent home. These people were
Nomadic (also acceptable: hunter-gatherers)
200
Ancient Egyptians preserved the bodies of their dead using this process
Mummification
200
How did rivers help agriculture?
The rivers flooded spreading silt. Silt made the land fertile and good for farming.
200
A way of ranking people in a society from most important to least important can be shown on a
Social Pyramid
300
Ancient Mesopotamian religious temples were called
Ziggurats
300
An area that controls itself and surrounding land is known as a
City-state
300
Ancient Egyptians created a type of paper called
Papyrus
300
What happened once people started farming?
People started settling down in one spot, creating the worlds first villages. This led to people having a surplus, an extra supply of food.
300
In ancient times, the need to acquire goods and items that people did not have occurred mainly through
Bartering/trading
400
The ancient Sumerian/Mesopotamian form of written language, which used symbols, is called
Cuneiform
400
Mesopotamia existed mainly in the modern-day country of
Iraq
400
The ancient Egyptian form of writing is called
Hieroglyphics
400
How does a surplus lead to specialization?
Extra food equals extra time. When people did not have to worry about finding food all the time, it gave them more time to do other things and have specialized jobs.
400
Most ancient civilizations believed in many gods and goddesses making them
Polytheistic
500
The ruler who developed a code of law to govern the people of the Babylonian Empire based on the premise, “an eye for an eye” was
Hammurabi
500
The wheel, which is still used today, was developed by
The ancient Sumerians (also acceptable: Mesopotamians)
500
Why did ancient Egyptians make mummies?
Ancient Egyptians made mummies because they believed in an afterlife and that they would need their bodies in the afterlife.
500
How does specialization lead to civilizations?
With specialization members of society each had their own specialized jobs or tasks. People could now focus on things besides just hunting and gathering food. With specialization people could now create and focus on things like government, organized religion, social classes, art, and architecture, etc.
500
A type of government with a single ruler is called a
Monarchy
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