Ancient
Culture
Vocabulary
Geography
Mummification
100
Name an innovation from Ancient India.
Many answers
100
Name 4 of the "F" words
Family, Fire, Civilization, Food Surplus, Flooding, Farming, Fertile Soil
100
True or False: The pyramids were built for government meetings with the pharaoh.
False
100
Egypt is known as the _______________ of the Nile.
Gift
100
What organ was thrown away during the mummification process?
The brain
200
What were the 282 laws called in one of Mesopotamia’s empires?
Hammurabi's Code
200
The most important discovery in human history was what?
Fire
200
What is the primary difference between paleolithic and neolithic people?
Paleolithic people moved around to find food, while Neolithic people started farming and building permanent villages.
200
Another geography word for waterfall is?
Cataract
200
Name the deity that would eat the heart if your heart was heavier than the feather of truth.
Ammit
300
True or False: Sneferu took 5 attempts to build the perfect pyramid.
False
300
What do all cultures have in common?
Family structure, Language, Education, Economy, Conflict, Arts/Rec, Material Goods, Power Structure.
300
Who is known as the Sun God?
Ra
300
The direction of the Nile flows
South to North
300
True or False: Pyramids were robbed very often and the contents were stolen.
True
400
This pharaoh created a monotheistic religion.
Akhenaten
400
Give two examples of Power Structure
Answers will vary (police officer, principal, parents, etc.)
400
What is the name given to a substitute pharaoh?
Regent
400
Above India
400
What was the final step in the mummification process?
Placed into the sarcophagus.
500
Name 2 deities from Hinduism.
Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Ganesha
500
What is the sacred text of Islam
Qu'ran
500
What do polytheistic and monotheistic mean?
Many gods and one god.
500
Ancient Mesopotamia is the land between what two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
500
Name the types of jars organs were kept in during the mummification process.
Canopic jars