Vocabulary
A word meaning wedge-shaped, an early form of writing.
What is cuneiform?
The burial of the dead done with certain, usually religious, rites.
What is a ritual burial?
Something that has been handed down.
What is a legacy?
The pharaoh who tried to change Egypt’s polytheistic religion to monotheism by raising Aten above all other gods.
Who is Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)?
These are the three ages of prehistory.
What are the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age?
A solid, layered, stone pyramid.
What is a ziggurat?
A substance from which coal, charcoal, & graphite are made; found in most animals & plants.
What is carbon?
The worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
He united Upper & Lower Egypt.
Who is Menses?
These are the divisions of the Stone Age.
What are the Old (Paleolithic) and New (Neolithic) Stone Ages?
To bring water to land by ditches, canals, or other means.
What is irrigation?
An item worked on or made by man.
What is an artifact?
To select some people for a specific purpose, such as military service; to require them to serve.
What is a draft?
A long-lived pharaoh who was a great conqueror, created an Egyptian empire, & built temples & monuments that characterize Egypt to this day.
Who is Ramses II?
Man in this stone age had no written language, had simple tools, and was nomadic.
What is the Old (Paleolithic) Stone Age?
To tame wild animals.
What is domesticate?
Earth, sand, etc., carried & deposited by moving water.
What is silt?
A large, stone coffin.
What is a sarcophagus?
A female pharaoh who ruled for 15 years.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This was located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
The period of the human past for which we have no written records.
What is prehistory?
An idea used to explain facts we discover or experiences we have had; not necessarily true.
What is a theory?
A pointed stick used for writing on wax or clay.
What is a stylus?
The ruler of all Mesopotamia; conquered Sumer.
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
Who are the Sumerians?