Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
vocabulary
geography
100
Mummification
What is a process used to preserve the body after death
100
The laws given to Moses by God
What is the Ten Commandments
100
The separation of a smaller land from a continent by a geographical feature
What a subcontinent
100
They had religious duties and political power in Egypt
What is a Pharaoh
100
The ancient Mesopotamia written language
What is cuneiform
200
delta
What is a fetile fan-shaped land mass where the Nile empties into Mediterranean Sea
200
a set of laws that apply to everyone
What is Code of Laws
200
The reason the Indus river overflowed in spring
What is melting snow?
200
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism
200
Egypt is on this continent
What is Africa?
300
How Egyptian society was formed
What is a social pyramid
300
early writing of symbols to represent sounds, ideas and objects
What is cuneiform
300
The 3 bodies of water that surround India
What are the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal
300
the name given to Egyptian rulers
What is a pharaoh
300
The first female ruler in Egypt
Who is Hatshepsut
400
hieroglyphic
A system of writing made up of about 800 picture signs
400
the belief in one God
What is monotheism
400
A person with no permanent home
What is a nomad
400
a reed like plant used to make paper
What is papyrus?
400
The joining of Upper and lower Egypt
What is unification
500
Job security, status, useful to Pharoah
What is the reason to be a scribe
500
The city State that Abraham came from
What is Ur
500
The area where the Indus valley is located
What is South Asia?
500
Laws that have guided Jews, Christians, and Muslims
What is The Ten Commandments
500
The mountain range that the Indus River originates
What is the Himalayan Mountains?