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Vocabulary
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What language is the word "Mesopotamia"?
Greek
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What rivers surround this area?
Tigris and Euphrates
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What river is in Egypt?
the Nile River
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How long ago did the Egyptian civilization develop?
4,000 years ago
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a small area of people who live and work in a group
village
200
What type of climate does this area have?
dry
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What do we call present day Mesopotamia?
the Middle East
200
Where is this region located today?
Northeast Africa, Nile River Valley
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What type of art did they produce?
simple scenes of everyday life
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the king of Egypt
pharaoh
300
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
land between two rivers
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What modern country is the biggest part of Mesopotamia?
Iraq
300
Famous Egyptian Pyramid
300
What are some examples of things built by the Egyptians, other than pyramids?
Temples, palaces, tombs
300
the lowland space between mountain ranges
valley
400
What was the importance of irrigation systems?
Allowed Mesopotamians to easily water their crops
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What type of architecture are they famous for?
Zigurat
400
Two Egyptian kingdoms?
Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt
400
When did the Pharoah unite the two kingdoms?
3000 BCE
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the system used to transport water for farming and drinking
irrigation
500
What was the first writing system called?
cuneiform
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What is notable about this civilization?
Building and farming skills, temples, large cities, etc
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What is different about the Nile River and the direction it flows?
it flows South to North
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How were the two kingdoms created?
Small villages joined together over time until two kingdoms emerged
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places for people to worship gods
temple