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Religion
Nile River
Pharoahs
Mesopotamia
Misc.
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The belief in more than one god?
What is Polythesism
100
The Nile River is also known as what?
The Gift of the Nile
100
What is the name of the pharoah who united the upper and lower territories of Egypt?
Who is Menes
100
Why did the people leave the mountains to live in the fertile cresent of Mesopotamia?
Population increased and food supplies dwindled.
100
In regards to writing, Sumerians had cuneiform. Egyptians had what?
Hieroglyphics
200
What do you call the well-constructed temple that the Mesopotamian cities were centered around?
Ziggurat
200
Most Egyptians needed what resource from the Nile River?
Fertile soil
200
Who is the last pharoah of Egpyt?
Cleopatra
200
Who created the code of laws based on punishment among all?
Hammurabi
200
Who discovered King Tut's tomb?
Howard Carter
300
What is the part of the spirit or soul that reunites with the person's body after death?
What is Ka?
300
The Nile River has 5 to 6 cataracts. What are cataracts?
Rough rapids
300
Why did pharaohs have the ultimate power?
Egpytians believed the pharoah was part god.
300
Sumer's city-states were different from each other and that led to many conflicts. What made city-states different?
City-states had different leaders and rulers.
300
How many days did it take to mummify a body?
70 days
400
The process that prepared the body after death
What is Mummification?
400
Despite some of the physical features of the Nile River, the Nile was used for trade? Yes or No
Yes
400
After the pharaoh, who is the next most powerful person in Egypt?
Vizier
400
Sumerian villages evolved from villages into city-states. What was the main goal in becoming city-states?
To come together to build canals and control the water.
400
Who was higher in the social structure of ancient Egypt, scribes or priests?
Priests
500
Who could NOT afford the expensive cost mummification?
Slaves, peasants, and/or farmers
500
Why is the Nile River called the Gift of the Nile?
The Nile supplied a stable food source The Nile kept enemies away due to its natural barriers. The Nile irrigated the crops and kept the soil fertile.
500
The discovery of King Tut's tomb led to a greater understanding of Egypt's __________.
What is culture
500
Sumerians invented what two things?
Irrigation systems and the plow.
500
What are the seven characteristics of civilization?
Stable food supply, government, art, writing, social structure, religion, and technology.