The Earliest People
A --- is a person who wanders or roams around.
A nomad
When the White Crown King and the Red Crown King fought for control of Egypt, the White Crown King won.
True
The --- were among the earliest people to use writing.
The Egyptians
One story about Sargon says that he was found floating down the Euphrates River in a basket when he was a baby.
True
The Nile River is on the continent of ---.
Africa
In colder, rocky places, they lived in ---.
Caves
The Egyptians worshipped many gods.
True
They wrote with pictures called ---.
What are hieroglyphics
Sargon convinced the army to kill the king.
True
Between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers.
When the nomads had eaten most of the food in one place they would ---.
Move to another place
Osiris was the god of the sun and the chief god.
False
The people who lived in --- found a better way to write using wet clay.
Sumer
Sargon named his new empire Sargonia.
False
During the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the Egyptians began to make --- for the first time.
Mummies
Early farmers would dig --- to bring water from the river to their fields.
Canals
Egyptian farmers would build their houses very close to the river.
False
They wrote with pictures called ---.
Cuneiforms
All of the cities in Mesopotamia were glad that Sargon was their new king.
False
The Egyptians believed that the --- would be weighed on a special pair of scales when a person reached the afterworld.
Heart
Early farmers used a machine called a --- to water their crops.
Egyptian stories about gods often tried to explain why the Nile overflowed each year.
True
Papyrus
A military dictatorship is when a ruler uses his army to make sure people obey him.
True
Pharaohs were buried in --- to keep their treasures safe.
Pyramids