Vocabulary
Reed plant that grew along the Nile that was used to make baskets, rope, sandals, and paper
What is papyrus?
The rivers by which Mesopotamia developed
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
The river system for Harappa and Indus civilizations located in India
What is the Indus River?
The river that allowed Egypt to become a successful civilization
What is the Nile?
An expert who studies the past by examining objects that people left behind
What is an archaeologist?
These peoples jobs were to write down important things about the civilizations
What are scribes?
This place in Mesopotamia had a large, well-organized army
What is Assyria?
Two cities the helped archaeologists learn more about the Indus River Valley
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
The area that was more beneficial to settle in along the Nile River and the reason why
What is Lower Egypt because the land was more fertile for farming, it was easier for trade and transportation ?
Something written or created by a person who witnessed an event is a
What is a primary source?
Structure created as tombs for the pharaohs
What is a pyramid?
One reason why Hammurabi's Code was seen as harsh and unfair
What are:
Different punishments for different social groups
or the punishments did not often match the crime?
Name one way Egypt was protected from invaders
What is:
cataracts, desert, or mountains?
Three of the Nile's gifts provided to Egyptians
What are:
Khemet, papyrus, fertile soil, fish/food, natural resources, natural barriers (cataracts/delta), trade, travel, transportation
If 2 events happen in the SAME time period you __________ the smaller date from the larger date to find the number of years that passed between the events.
What is subtract?
An ancient Egyptian monument with the body of a lion and the head of a man
What is the sphinx?
The name of one of the seven wonders of the world and where it was located
What is the Hanging Gardens and Babylon?
True or false: In Egypt there were not clearly defined social classes
Egypt had clearly defined social classes. There was an upper class, middle class, and lower class.
It took approximately this many days to complete the mummification process for the afterlife
What is approximately 70 days?
One way that farming changed the way people lived
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What is people were no longer nomadic and were able to be sedentary?
A device for lifting water
What is a shaduf?
What are:
cuneiform, wheeled carts, plow, irrigation, sailboat, map-making, written law, 12 month calendar, math/geometry, Hanging Garden, days of the week, position of planets
The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were laid out like this?
What is grid like pattern, streets made right angles, houses opened into small lanes for safety; Each house had access to water, drain systems lined the streets?
If this organ was heavy with sin, a person would not survive afterlife
What is the heart?
Humans figured out how to domesticate animals and food. What does this mean?
What is they learned to grow and raise plants and animals?