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Geography
Ancient Mesopotamia and the Fertile Cresent
Ancient Mesopotamia
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vocabulary
Ancient Egypt
100
What are the three major rivers in this region
What is the Nile, the Tigris, the Euphrates
100
the first inhabitants of Mesopotamia
the Sumerians
100
People who made up the middle class
What is skilled workers, merchants and farmers
100
the region of Ancient Mesopotamia
What is the Fertile Crescent
100
The Nile's yearly floods left silt that made the soil fertile. It also provided a route for trade and travel.
What is why the Nile River was so important to ancient Egyptian civilization.
200
Water overflows river banks and leaves behnd rich soil
What is how rivers enrich the soil
200
threat of invaders lack of water risky trade conditions
What were the three major challenges facing the Mesopotamian city-states
200
some were captured in war, others sold themselves into slavery to pay off dept
What is How people become enslaved in Mesopotamia
200
the first inhabitants of Mesopotamia
What is the Sumerian
200
built canals, strengthened riverbanks
What the ancient Egyptians did to manage the Nile
300
because they could raise animals and grow crops there
What is why hunter-gatherers settle permanently in the Fertile Crescent
300
the roles of priests and kings in the government of city-states
What is Priests controlled religious and economic life; kings controlled political and military life
300
wedge shaped characters called cuneiform, inscribed on clay tablets
What is the writing system the Sumerians use
300
a pyramid shaped tower on which a temple is built
What is a ziggurat
300
Egyptians wrote on papyrus; Mesopotamians wrote on clay tablets
What is how the writing materials of the ancient Egyptians differ from that of the Mesopotamians
400
They served as trade routes
What is - how the region's seas affect its development
400
Two rivers which formed Mesopotamia
What is Tigris and Euphrates
400
It has a crescent shape and fertile soil
What is why geographers refer to Mesopotamia as the Fertile Crescent
400
society was divided into different social groups which possessed certain rights
What is class system
400
To provide places for kings to spend the afterlife
What is why the Ancient Egyptians built pyramids
500
Because it is located in the middle of oil rich southwest Asia
What is - why the Persion Gulf attracts worldwide interest today
500
the members of society which were at the top of the class system
What is kings, priests, wealthy property owners
500
kings became emperors by conquering city states
What is how some Mesopotamian kings became emperors
500
record keepers - they were trained to keep written records
What is scribes
500
Every Egyptian family had to help with this project
What is how pharaohs got enough workers to build the pyramids