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Communication
Geography
Economy/Culture (social)
Government
100
What natural product did Mesopotamians write on?
Clay
100
What river flows through Egypt?
The Nile
100
__________ were considered the lowest class of people in Egyptian societies.
Peasants/Slaves
100
What was the title of the leader of the Egyptian government?
The pharaoh
200
From which plant did the Egyptians make a type of paper product, called by the same name as the plant?
Papyrus
200
What two rivers surrounded Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and the Euphrates
200
The Nile provides a route for Egyptians to _____________ with other surrounding civilizations for resources in which Egypt was not rich in.
Trade
200
Who was the creator of the first set of written laws in Mesopotamia?
King Hammurabi
300
What was the name of the form of writing invented by the ancient Egyptians?
Hieroglyphics
300
Mesopotamia is situated in a arc-shaped region referred to as the ________________.
The Fertile Crescent
300
How did humans change from the old to the new stone age?
They learned to farm and domesticate animals.
300
What saying describes the types of punishments given in Hammurabi's Code?
"An eye for an eye"
400
What is the Rosetta Stone?
A stone with writings that have been translated into the same message in three different languages.
400
Name three benefits that societies in a river valley civilization have over other civilizations.
Trade, transportation, rich soil, various resources, food, water source, etc.
400
What is a civilization?
A highly developed society--it has all 7 elements of civilization.
400
A ____________ is a city and a surrounding land that make up an independent state with its own ruler, army, and laws.
A city state