Chapter 1:
The Earliest People
The Earliest People
What two crops did farmers first grow?
wheat and barley
What 3 things did the Egyptians and Sumerians write on?
1- Stone
2- Clay
3- Paper (or papyrus)
Why did the Egyptians think it was important to preserve dead bodies?
So that dead people could go on to the next world.
Why did Hammurabi want to be king?
So that people would be treated fairly.
Endiku was half man and half what?
Animal
What continent is the Nile River in?
Africa
Why was Nubia valuable to the Egyptians?
It had gold
What country did they Phoenicians live?
Canaan
How did they protect their villages?
They built stone walls around them
What does "hippopotamus" mean?
River-horse
All pharaohs had tombs called. . .
Pyramids
What city did Hammurabi rule?
Babylon
Was Giglamesh a good king, or a bad king?
Bad king (though he was very strong)
What is the name of the largest desert in West Africa?
The Sahara Desert
Where on paper do you put your name and date?
TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER
What were they good at, besides glass blowing?
Sailing their boats
What does "nomad" mean?
One who wanders or roams around
What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
Between the rivers
What did the Great Sphinx look like?
half lion, half man
What did Hammurabi write down on a stone monument?
Laws
What was the name of Shamshi-Adad's empire?
The Assyrian Empire
Why did people of ancient Africa go south?
Because the Sahara began to dry up
Who invaded Egypt and took over the Egyptian throne?
Hyksos (wandering nomads)
What special way of shaping glass did the Phoenicians invent?
Glass blowing
Why did nomads move from place to place?
They ate all the plants and animals in one place, so they had to move to a new place to find more food
Which of the three materials the Egyptians used was the easiest to write on?
Paper
Embalming is to...
preserve a body
What were Hammurabi's laws called?
The Code of Hammurabi
Why did Giglamesh decide to go see Utnapshtim, the only immortal man on Earth?
He wanted to find the secret of eternal life (OR He wanted to beat death)
What are yams comparable to?
sweet potatoes
What happened to the Old Kingdom of Egypt?
It became weak and powerless
What did they make their purple dye from?
snails
The Crescent was a good place to live because soil was ________.
fertile (means the soil is good and healthy for plants to grow. It has lots of nutrients that help plants grow big and strong.)
Name the two types of writing you read about in Chapter 3.
- Cuneiform
- Hieroglyphics
What does "CE" mean?
"Common Era"
!!!SURPRISE!!!
When is Ms. Cislo's birthday?
December 4
How was the Assyrian king, Shamshi-Adad, different from the Babylonian king, Hammurabi?
Shamshi-Adad was a dictator who ruled by fear and cruelty. Hammurabi ruled by a code of laws.
Was the Sahara desert always hot and sandy?
no
What happened to the Middle Kingdom of Egypt?
It became weak because of bad pharaohs
What two things they made glass from?
Sand and lye