Mesopotamia I
Mesopotamia II
Mesopotamia III
Egypt
Egpyt II
Egypt III
100
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia is located between these two rivers- Name one.
What are Tigris & Euphrates River
100
What architectural structure was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to honor gods?
The Ziggurats
100
The name for the first writing system, created by Mesopotmians.
What is Cuneiform?
100
The process by which dead pharaohs were preserved for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
100
These served as the tombs for many of the early pharaohs?
What are the pyramids?
100
The name for the river around which Ancient Egypt developed.
What is the Nile?
200
What current day country is located where Mesopotamia was?
what is Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey
200
This is the term for a religion with multiple gods.
What is polytheism?
200
A system of government ruled by a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
200
The name for the writing/symbol system used by the Egyptians.
What are hieroglyphics?
200
The history of Egypt is broken into the following three time periods.
What are the old, middle, and new kingdom?
200
The sea into which the Nile River flows.
What is the Mediterranean?
300
This is the translation of what Mesopotamia means in English (The word was actually Greek).
What is "The land between waters" (or somethin' like that).
300
According to Mesopotamians, these were the ones responsible for choosing Kings.
Who were the gods?
300
This is the job title of someone who attened school to become a record keeper.
What is Scribe?
300
This yearly occurence was more predictable in Egypt than in Mesopotamia, but its occurence benefitted the farmers and fields in these first civilizations.
What is flooding?
300
This later Egyptian leader was known for her beauty and influenced politics because of her relationships with Marc Antony and Julius Caesar of Rome.
Who was Cleopatra VII?
300
Almost every city in Egypt began near this.
What is water?
400
The name for the region of rich farmland around Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean Coast. It is the general area in which many of the first Civilizaiton formed.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
This is one way that we know religion was important to Sumerian society.
-religion is found in many artifacts
-kings were chosen by gods
-religion influenced law
-ziggurats were built as temples to worship
400
Why did the Mesopotamians need to build walls around their villages?
what is to protect against invaders or attacks
400
The name for the Egyptian paper made from dried reeds.
What is papyrus?
400
The name for a social structure in which men have most of the power and influence.
What is a patriarchy?
400
The name for the specific surrounding geographic feature in which the country of Egypt is located...
What is the Sahara Desert?
500
The name for the specific region of Mesopotamia that was the earliest civilization.
What is Sumer?
500
This is the general name for the governmental structure whose geography was made up of cities and the surrounding areas in Mesopotamia.
What are city-states?
500
A Babylonian collection of 282 laws inscribed in stone. One of the earliest written legal codes.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
500
The name for the counsellor or advisor to the pharaoh that was the administrative head of the government. This person implemented the pharaoh's policies and arranged for the various governmental departments to carry these out.
Who was the vizier?
500
The beginning of the Ancient Egyptian Empire was said to have began when Menes united these two regions.
What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
500
This is the name for the first female pharaoh.
What is Hatshepsut?