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Vocab
Hinduism
Pyramids
The rulers of Egypt
Mesopotamia
100
What is complete control over someone or some thing?
Absolute power.
100
Who was the son of Osiris?
Horus
100
When did people start building the pyramid for the pharaoh?
When The Pharaoh was born.
100
Who was Thutmose III regent?
Queen Hatshepsut.
100
The word mesopotamia comes from greek words that mean what?
Between the rivers.
200
What is surplus?
Having more than is needed.
200
Who is the wife of Osiris?
Isis.
200
What were the blocks in the pyramid made of?
Stone.
200
Who defeated Queen Cleopatra VII?
The Romans.
200
When did writing first develop in mesopotamia?
3100B.C.
300
What is An ancient Egyptian city; the site of the great pyramid
Giza.
300
True or False,did hindu's believe in rebirth
True
300
For how long did the great pyramid at giza stand taller than any other man made object?
4000 years.
300
Who conquered Egypt?
Alexander the great of Macedonia.
300
What idea was Hammurabi's code based on?
An eye for an eye
400
What is a person with no settled home?
Nomad.
400
Was yoga a way to practice hinduism?
yes
400
How long could it take a pyramid to be built?
More than 20 years.
400
What is a dynasty?
A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group.
400
What two rivers provided scribes with the clay they used to write on?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
500
What is Zoroastrianism?
A religion developed in ancient persia.
500
What is upanishads?
One of the hindu religious texts.
500
Where was the pharaoh's body put in the temple?
Burial chamber.
500
Who united upper and lower Egypt?
The Menes (Egypt's first dynasty)
500
Who rebuilt the city of babylon?
King Nebuchadnezzar II.