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100
The region in Mesopotamia where civilization first developed.
What is Sumer?
100
These people could not settle in one place because they had not learned how to farm.
Who are hunter-gatherers?
100
A city & its surrounding villages/farmland.
What is a city-state?
100
The yearly flood, which Egyptians considered an act of the gods.
What is the Inundation?
100
Sumerians invented this system of writing.
What is cuneiform?
200
The Egyptians referred to the desert by this name.
What is Red Land?
200
This person was second in command, advised the pharaoh, and handled everyday matters.
Who is the vizier?
200
"The Land Between Two Rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
200
The growing of crops and domestication of animals.
What is agriculture?
200
Sheets on which the Egyptians kept most of their records.
What are papyrus scrolls?
300
Place where the pharaoh ruled from; capital city of ancient Egypt.
What is Memphis?
300
These people made things by hand (craftspeople).
Who are artisans?
300
A district of neighboring villages (Egypt).
What is a nome?
300
A primitive water pump Egyptians used to scoop water from canals.
What is a shaduf?
300
These people learned to write, and later worked in the government.
Who are scribes?
400
Area of fertile land along the Nile River.
What is Black Land?
400
These people were the first administrators of Sumer.
Who are priests?
400
An area of flat, open land (low elevation).
What is a plain?
400
Extra; more than what is needed.
What is surplus?
400
Scenes, symbols, and figures carved onto a wall.
What is a wall relief?
500
A broad area of high, flat land.
What is a plateau?
500
This person collected taxes for the pharaoh.
Who is the chancellor?
500
The southern region (below Memphis) of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
500
The watering of fields for farming.
What is irrigation?
500
Thin board used to hold a scribe's writing materials.
What is a palette?