Egypt
Mesopotamia
Kush
Mixed
Challenge
100

What are Egyptian Pharaohs buried in?

Pyramid

100

What are the rivers Mesopotamia was surrounded by?

Tigris and Euphrates

100

This was the first capital of Kush.

Kerma

100

Who was the first king of Egypt?

Menes

100

What city state was known for their iron weapons and chariots? 

Hittites 

200

What kind of Religion did the Egyptians have?

Polytheism 

200

What city-state was the first in Mesopotamia?

Sumer

200

Kush is also known as ...

Nubia

200

What Chaldean king was known for his hanging  gardens?

Nebuchadnezzar

200

Name 1 body of water besides the rivers that was around Mesopotamia? 

Caspian Sea, Mediterranean sea, Persian Gulf, Red Sea

300

What form of writing did the Egyptians use?

Hieroglyphics

300

What are the Assyrians known for?

Using scare tactics

300

What city was the first iron industry developed in? 

Meroe

300

What was the greatest reason the Kushites were able to take back Egypt?

The pharaoh system was declining 

300

What Egyptian King was known for being deformed?

Tut

400
Name 1 benefit the Nile river provided the Egyptians.

Trade, Water/food, Silt

400
King Hammurabi wrote Hammurabi's codes for the _________________ to follow. 

Babylonians 

400

What was the name of Kashta's son, who continued his father's conquests in Egypt? 

Piankhi

400

In Egypt, this is the belief in life after death. 

Afterlife

400

What Kush king restored Egyptian culture?

Shabaka

500

What part of the body was considered most important to the Egyptians?

Heart

500

What was the writing system of the Mesopotamians? 

Cuneiform 

500

Why is the 25th dynasty significant?

It brought back Egyptian norms and customs that had been lost

500

What city state attacked and controlled Sumer?

Akkad

500


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