Mesopotamia and Egypt Review

Innovations

100

Name something invented by the Sumerians

Could be: Wheel, writing, cuneiform, the plow, bronze

200

Created the world's first empire 

Sargon (the Great)

300

Babylonian king who created the first set of codified laws.

Hammurabi

400

This culture is said to have invented the refrigerator

Persians

500

Three things invented in Mesopotamia that impact how we measure time.

(3 out of 4 needed)

1. 60 second minute

2. 60 minute hour

3. 7 day week

4. 12 month year

Vocabulary

100

The world's first system of writing

cuneiform

200

a river reed that the ancient Egyptians used to make paper, shoes, rope, and more.

papyrus

300

An upright stone with carvings and/or decorations

stele

400

A system where people are ranked one above the other according to perceived importance

hierarchy

500

A pyramid shaped temple tower of Mesoptamia...and cuz it is 500 you must spell it!

Z-I-G-G-U-R-A-T

pharaohs

100

Which region was ruled by a pharaoh-- Akkad, Babylon, or Egypt?

Egypt

200

The famous boy king whose golden mask was discovered in the 1920s

King Tut or Tutenkhamen

300

The last pharaoh of Egypt; defeated by the Romans.

Cleopatra

400

The pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt 

Narmer

500

Name two reasons it was bad to be the pharaoh (according to Brainpop).

(get 2 out of 3 correct)

1. fear of assassination

2. pharaohs had to fight off invading armies from other kingdoms

3. Since the pharaoh is a "god," people blame him/her for natural disasters and crop failures.

Nile River

100

What is the longest river in the world?

The Nile River

200

Name 3 things the Nile gave ancient Egyptians

Could be: transportation, water for irrigation, water to drink, fish, animals to hunt, papyrus, wood and/or stone for tools, papyrus for paper, rope, etc., mud for mud brick buildings

300

The animal living in the Nile Egyptians feared most.

Hippopotamus (hippo)

400

A fertile, triangle shaped area where the Nile meets the sea.

delta

500

Ancient kingdom just below Egypt, also along the Nile River.

Kush (or Nubia)

Off Topic

100

Which student said that if they could be any water animal, they would choose clownfish?

Miyu or Ning

200

What is the name of Dhai's newborn sister?

Faye (sorry if I spelled it wrong!)

300

What is Phru's lucky number?

four

400

How many paper icicles hang from the OUTSIDE of our doorframe?

13

500

What goes up, but never comes down?

age