Communication
The first form of writing.
What is cuneiform?
Famous river flowing through Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
Define Monotheism.
What is the belief in one and only one god?
_____________ were considered the lowest class of people in Egyptian societies.
What is slaves?
The title of the leader of the Egyptian government.
What is a Pharaoh?
Natural product that Mesopotamians wrote on.
What is clay?
The two rivers that surrounded ancient Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers?
_____________ is the belief in several gods.
What is Polytheism?
The Nile provided a route for Egyptians to __________ with other surrounding civilizations for resources in which Egypt was not rich in.
What is trade?
The creator of the first set of written laws in Ancient Mesopotamia.
Who is King Hammurabi?
The plant that Egyptians made a type of paper product, also called the same name as the plant.
What is papyrus?
The meaning of Mesopotamia due to its prime location.
What is "between the rivers"?
Ancient Egyptians buried their Pharaohs in tombs called ____________.
What are "pyramids"?
These two groups of people were the leaders of Ancient Mesopotamian government.
Who are the Priests and Kings?
The name of the form of writing invented by ancient Egyptians.
What is hieroglyphics?
The land area where civilizations first emerged due to its rich soil content.
What is the "Fertile Crescent"?
This popular saying describes the type of punishments given in Hammurabi's Code.
What is "an eye for an eye"?
These stone writings have been translated into the same message in three forms of ancient languages.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
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.?
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?