Ancient Egypt
What is a pharaoh?
God, Priest, King
Define durable
hard to break/withstands a lot of force
Define chronology.
What is the cuneiform?
Oldest know writing form
Used to keep record of tax and trade.
The Mesopotamians constructed ziggurats (massive temples). A ziggurat had staircases leading to its top, where a religious shrine stood. The early ziggurats are some the oldest monuments in the world.
If a pyramid was built, what is so important about the architecture of the pyramid?
It was precise measurements.
Define a canal.
Waterway surrounded by land.
What does 200 years B.C. mean?
Before Christ
What present day country does Mesopotamia make up?
Iraq
What are 2 other inventions that the Mesopotamian culture discovered?
The wheel and the farming plow
Which sea was Ancient Egypt located next to?
Mediterranean Sea
Define irrigation.
To water/grow crops
How do we read timelines?
Top to bottom and left to right.
What two materials made up bronze?
Copper and Tin
Who was Hatshepsut?
What did the Egyptians do with the extra grain?
Stored it for future use
Define the word advanced.
Higher/greater than what you were doing before, more efficient and better at the topic.
Put the dates in order on when they occurred (earliest to the most present).
1345,1756,1988,1862,1605,1534
1345,1534,1605,1776,1862,1988
Priests were very powerful because they influenced how people viewed the gods. These people thought the gods were responsible for good and evil. They were concerned about demons. To keep demons away, they would put up statues and pictures to scare the demons away.
How were temples built in Ancient Egypt?
What is the writing system they use?
Hieroglyphics
What does A.D strand for and what does it mean?
Anno Domini- In the year of our lord.
What is polytheism?
Belief in many gods.
What is the definition of chronological order?
Chronological order is the order in which the events occurred, from first to last.