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Geography
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
Egypt is surrounded by this largest desert in Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert.
100
Pyramids in Egypt were built as elaborate examples of these for pharaohs.
What are burial chambers or tombs?
100
The civilization of Mesopotamia developed along these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
100
Egyptian leaders that were treated as gods.
What are pharaohs?
100
This theme of geography examines where something is (for example, I live at 12 Main St).
What is location?
200
The Nile River empties into this large sea to the north.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
Egyptians demonstrated their belief in the afterlife by performing this intricate process to the dead.
What is mummification?
200
People who learned to write were known as these.
What are scribes?
200
The Egyptian form of writing using pictures and symbols is called this.
What is hieroglyphics?
200
This rock helped decipher ancient hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
300
Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers, is sometimes called by this geographic nickname.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
300
The process of mummification involved numerous steps. List any 3.
What is 1) remove internal organs, 2) dry with natron (salt), 3) wrap in linen. (Answers will vary).
300
This king developed a list of written 282 written laws.
Who is King Hammurabi?
300
Another name for an ancient Egyptian coffin.
What is sarcophagus?
300
Give an example of a primary and a secondary source.
What is (answers will vary).
400
The Nile River has numerous these or rapids along its length.
What are cataracts?
400
Egyptian gods were often represented by these.
What are animals?
400
These were temples where Sumerians believed their gods lived.
What are ziggurats?
400
Mesopotamian and Egyptian religions believed in many gods, an example of this.
What is polytheism?
400
Ancient Mesopotamia’s land covers most of this present-day country.
What is Iraq?
500
These are two ways that rivers helped early civilizations develop.
What are 1) bring rich soil, 2) create trade routes, 3) act as natural barriers to invasion. (Answers will vary).
500
The Nile River provided everything Egyptians needed to survive, therefore giving Egypt this nickname.
What is the "Gift of the Nile?"
500
Mesopotamians developed the first ever written language called this using wedge-shaped letters.
What is cuneiform?
500
Slaves were at the bottom of this in Egyptian society.
What is the social hierarchy?
500
These are the 5 characteristics of civilizations.
What are 1) cities, 2) technology, 3) writing, 4) institutions (religion & government), and 5) specialization of labor?