Mesopotamia
Egypt
Nubia/Aksum
Geography
Random Trivia
100
Name the major rivers that Mesopotamia existed between.
Tigris
Euphrates
100
According to ancient Egyptians, who is the sun god?
Ra
(Amun)
100
True or False: Nubia was south of Egypt on the Nile
True
100
Why were so many early civilizations built around river?
Access to water
Farming
Food source
Travel and trade
100
What animal causes the most power outages in the U.S.?
A. Squirrels
B. Crows
C. Cats
D. Voles
A. Squirrels
200
What is irrigation?
A system that moves water from a water source to the desired area
200
Egyptians believed that little carved dolls could be buried with someone and in the afterlife, they would come to life and help farm. What were these dolls called?
Shabtis
200
Aksum was a great empire of Africa, in what modern country did the major part of the empire exist?
Ethiopia
200
What are the lines that cross the earth parallel to the equator and prime meridian called?
Two answers
Latitude and Longitude
200
Which organ in your body uses up to 20% of your body's blood and oxygen?
Your brain!
300
What does Mesopotamia mean AND what language is it in?
Land between two rivers
Greek
300
Why is the southern part of egypt called upper Egypt and the northern part called lower Egypt?
They were named according to the flow of the river (South to North)
300
Nubia was eventually taken by another African force, who was it?
Aksum
300
What is a physical feature?
Give the definition AND one example
A feature of the land that is big, you can see with your eyes, and was created by nature.
Mountain, Plateau, River, Ocean, Lake
300
True or False: the heads on Easter Island have bodies
True!
400
This Babylonian king was responsible for creating a harsh set of laws, what was his name?
Hammurabi
400
In the mummification process, all organs are removed except one.
Which organ is left in the body and WHY is it left there?
Heart
Weighing of the heart to get into the afterlife
400
Name the goddess that was worshipped in both Egypt and Nubia and was particularly popular in Nubia
Isis
400
Name all 7 continents AND all 5 oceans
Australia/Oceania
North America
South America
Africa
Asia
Antarctica
Europe
Indian
Pacific
Arctic
Southern
Atlantic
400
What plants grows so fast it's measured in miles per hour?
A. Coast Redwoods
B. Empress Trees
C. Bamboo
D. Blue Grass
C. Bamboo
500
Name one Sumerian/Mesopotamian Invention
Wheel
Irrigation
Plow
Writing
500
Explain why/how Osiris became the god of the underworld (what happened?)
Set make coffin, shove in Osiris, send down Nile, becomes tree
Isis made, finds Osiris in tree, brings home, get med kit
Set finds Osiris and cuts him up, Isis annoyed, finds most pieces but not all so underworld he goes
500
Queen Amanirenas of Nubia once sent golden arrows to an enemy with a message saying "If you choose to flee, keep the arrows, they are a gift. If you choose to fight..."
"keep the arrows, you'll need them"
500
Explain one reason that the Mercator map projection is incorrect
It's impossible to accurately flatten a sphere
Rich, white dudes emphasized certain parts of the map over others (Europe over Africa)
500
What animal was the world's smallest McDonalds built for?
Bees!
