Geography
This river was crucial to life in Ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
Both Mesopotamia and Egypt believed in many gods. What is the term for belief in multiple gods?
What is polytheism?
Ancient Egyptian rulers were called by this title.
What is a pharaoh?
This form of writing was created by the ancient Egyptians and used symbols and pictures.
What are hieroglyphics?
This was the Egyptian queen who ruled alongside her son and was one of the few female pharaohs.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
This Mesopotamian structure was a tall, stepped temple used for worship.
What is a ziggurat?
Mesopotamians and Egyptians used irrigation systems to water their crops. What does "irrigation" mean?
What is bringing water to crops through canals or channels?
Mesopotamians wrote on these clay tablets using a wedge-shaped tool.
What is cuneiform?
This pharaoh is famous for his tomb, which was discovered almost completely intact in 1922.
Who is King Tutankhamun (King Tut)?
This term means "land between the rivers" and refers to the region where Mesopotamia developed.
What is Mesopotamia?
In Egyptian culture, the concept of an eternal soul and life after death was very important. What was this belief called?
What is the afterlife?
In Egypt, farmers worked on large building projects during this season when the Nile flooded their fields.
What is the flooding season?
This major Mesopotamian invention helped transport goods and people and changed the way people traveled.
What is the wheel?
This Mesopotamian king created a famous set of laws known for their strictness.
Who is Hammurabi?
The Nile flows into this sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
ABRAHAM, THE FOUNDER OF _______, LIVED IN MESOPOTAMIAN CITY, UR.
What is Judaism?
In Mesopotamia, this group of people worked as record keepers and wrote in cuneiform.
Who are scribes?
The Egyptians built these large tombs for their pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
This Egyptian god was considered the god of the sun and creation, often shown with a falcon head.
Who is Ra?
This area of Mesopotamia, known for its fertile soil, is often called the "Cradle of Civilization."
What is the Fertile Crescent?
AFTER THE ISRAELITES RETURNED TO ISRAEL THEY CREATED TWO KINGDOMS: _____ & _____
What is Israel and Judah?
Egyptian society was divided into levels, with the pharaoh at the top. What is this kind of structure called?
What is a social hierarchy?
The Sumerians created this form of early law, one of the oldest known codes in history.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This King created the Hanging Garden of Babylon.
Who is KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR?