Geography
Religion
Achievements
Politics
Economics
Social Structure
100

Meaning of Mesopotamia

Land between the rivers

100

Polytheism and Monotheism

Belief in many gods and belief in one god. 

100

2 achievements of the Ancient Sumerians

Architecture, legal code, the invention of the wheel and plow, developed formal education for kids, developed measurement of time. 

100

These were ruled by kings and made Sumer separated as a civilization.

cities

100

System of buying and selling without the use of currency (money)

Barter system

100

In the early Stone Age known as ________ they lived as this to survive. 

Paleolithic, hunter-gatherers
200

Name the two rivers between which Mesopotamia is located. 

Tigris and Euphrates 

200

Were removed to be put in canopic jars and to help with preservation. One that was thought unnecessary. 

Organs, brain

200

The written form of communication for the Sumerians

Cuneiform
200

King Menes united this nation around 3500 BC 

Egypt

200

v  Sumer was known for making these to trade as far out as southern Africa and India. 

Wooden Ships

200

Sumer was only considered a __________, not a nation, and was eventually conquered by the Akkadians.

Civilization

300

The Egyptian Empire was located along this river and existed in two kingdoms before being united.

Nile River, Upper and Lower Egypt. 

300

Cat, Ibis, & Crocodiles 

Sacred animals

300

Complicated form of writing using hundreds of pictures meaning all or parts of a word.

Hieroglyphs

300

Egypt had two of these who ruled independently. 

Women pharaohs

300

Sumer developed this system to keep track of time and costs for things in trade. 

System of time. 

300

In Egypt there were only 3 levels that knew how to read and write. 

Pharaoh, viziers (advisors), high priests, and scribes. 

400

Mesopotamia is part of a larger region that historians call

The Fertile Crescent 

400

Were often a combination of animals and humans. 

Egyptian gods

400

This material was used for cuneiform printing with the help of an angled wooden stylus. 

Clay tablet

400

Changed Egypt from military conquests and tried to institute monotheism.

Amenhotep or Akhenaten

400

Only used money after this Empire came to invade and conquer. 

Persian Empire

400
Egypt has a multy tier society with the ______ at the top and _______ or _______ at the bottom. 

Pharaoh, Slaves or servants.

500

a triangle-shaped landform shaped by the deposition of dirt carried by rivers to a slower or still body of water

How a delta is formed. 

500

Method of burial and ceremony for Ancient Egyptians and why. 

Mummification and a belief in a literal afterlife, wanting to take with them what they had when they died. 

500

2 Achievements of Egyptian Empire

Developed writing, made writing material that was easier to transport and store, divided year into 12 months and 365 days, important math formulas and built giant pyramids. 

500

Egypt is separated into these 4 periods. 

Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, and Late Period

500

The people of ancient Egypt relied heavily on these 4 practices to remain in power. 

Agriculture, trade, labor, and government power. 

500

After finding and developing new metals, this age occurred after the Stone Age and led to many great battles and wars due to more complex weapons. 

Bronze Age

600

For this purpose, ancient peoples settled in the regions near the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates Rivers. 

They were easily located near water sources to help develop farming and trade along the rivers. 

600
In Sumer, these people were believed to be gods and had specific buildings dedicated to guardian gods. 
Kings, temples
600

The pyramids were built by these groups of people for 1 special group of people

Farmers, free workers, and slaves for the pharaoh. 

600

This area is divided by culture and specific ethnicity, often many of them pushed together under political or geographically made borders. 

Nation-state

600

 The use of trade throughout the ancient world brought these to different areas. 


New ideas, customs, languages, goods, and agricultural products. 

600

In the New Stone Age, known as ________ they began this which helped to develop these. 

Neolithic, farming, cities