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Mesopotamia
Egypt
Types of Governernment
Greece
Rome
100
This is another name given to the Mesopotamian region because of its good soil.
the Fertile Crescent.
100
What is the name given to the style of writing found on ancient Egyptian artifacts?
Hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics.
100

-a ruling power in a political society. It has the authority to make laws, resolve disputes, and issue administrative decisions. In other words, they're responsible for providing order and stability.

Government

100
According to ancient beliefs, on which mountain did the gods live?
Mount Olympus.
100
According to legend, which two brothers are said to have founded Rome?
Romulus and Remus.
200
This was the largest and most important structure in a Sumerian city.
a ziggurat.
200
People whose job was to write and keep records were called ______.
scribes.
200

This form of government is ruled by a queen or King.  Power is inheritedthrough the bloodline.

Monarchy

200
In this city-state, women could own property. (double points if you can tell me why!)
Sparta; because women needed to own land in case their husbands were killed in battle.
200
Which ruler was called "the exalted one," or "a person of great rank and authority?"
Cesar Augustus (Octavian).
300
These are the names of the two main rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
300
Why did ancient Egyptians preserve bodies of the dead?
To ensure they went to the afterlife.
300

-system under which a single, unelected leader uses force to maintain control. In this form, little attention is given to personal freedoms and public opinion.

Dictatorship

300
How are the Iliad and the Odyssey similiar?
They are both epic poems.
300
Name one man-made Roman invention that aided Roman trade.
Roadways, common currency.
400
The process by which Mesopotamians brought water from rivers to their fields is called ________.
irrigation.
400
According to Egyptian beliefs, what happens when a person's heart is lighter than a feather? If it's heavier?
Lighter: happy afterlife; heavier: fed to a monster.
400

-ruled by a small group of people, usually the wealthy class of the population.

Oligarchy

400
This is the name given to a person who illegally seizes (takes) power.
tyrant.
400
Name three specific reasons for the decline in Rome's empire.
food shortage; Marcus Aurelius's death; empire too big to feed everyone; personal armies; civil war/splitting of empire; inconsistent rule, etc.
500
According to our studies, this is the importance of Hammurabi's Code of Laws.
It was the first written code of law.
500
How did Queen Hatshepsut primarily expand Egypt?
Through trade.
500

-type of government where the people vote for representatives to do the votinng for them.

Representative Democracy

500
On which two seas did the Greeks primarily trade?
The Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
500
This ruler killed his Christian citizens, while this one made their faith legal.
Nero; Constantine.