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100
What was the first form of writing called?
What is cuneiform?
100
What river flows through Egypt?
What is the Nile
100
Monotheism is defined as what?
What is the belief in one and only one god
100
_____________ were considered the lowest class of people in Egyptian societies.
What is slaves
100
What was the title of the leader of the Egyptian government?
A Pharaoh
200
What natural product did Mesopotamians write on?
What is clay?
200
What two rivers surrounded ancient Mesopotamia?
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
_____________ is the belief in several gods.
What is polytheism
200
The Nile provided a route for Egyptians to __________ with other surrounding civilizations for resources in which Egypt was not rich in.
What is trade
200
Who was the creator of the first set of written laws in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Who is King Hammurabi?
300
From what plant did the Egyptians make a type of paper product, called by the same name as the plant?
What is papyrus
300
Mesopotamia is also known the ________________ due its prime location between two rivers that created rich soil
What is "Fertile Crescent"
300
Ancient Egyptians buried their Pharaohs in tombs called _________________
What is pyramids
300
How did humans change from the old to the new stone age?
They began living in farming villages, raising animals and crops
300
What two groups of people were the leaders of the Mesopotamian government?
Who are the Priests and Kings
400
What was the name of the form of writing invented by ancient Egyptians?
What is hieroglyphics?
400
Name three benefits that societies living in a river valley have over other civilizations?
What is trade, transportation, rich soil, various resources, food, water source, etc.
400

Why were the Greek and Roman gods so similiar?

What is the Roman practice of adopting the practices of it's colonies if they liked them.

400
What is a civilization?
What is a large society that is highly organized and can pass down written information from one generation to the next
400

What is the difference between of democracy and a republic?

What is a democracy involves people voting for themselves and a republic has them elect representatives.
500
What is the Rosetta Stone?
What is a stone with writings that have been translated into the same message in three different languages
500

What mountain range did Alexander the Great's army stop at and refuse to go any further?

What is the Hindu Kush Mountains?

500
TWO PART QUESTION: Which Pharaoh was almost erased from history due to THIS religious belief.

Who is Hatshepsut- what is the belief that Pharaohs are a physical version of the god Horus on earth/

500

What resource did Mesopotamians use most for trade? 

What is a purple dye retrieved from snail glands

500
A _____________ is a city and surrounding land that make up an independent state, with its own ruler, army, and laws.
What is a city-state