Early Civilizations: Big Picture/Characteristics
Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt#2
Potpourri
Potpourri 2
Final Jeopardy "Gilgamesh"
100

What shared geographic feature do Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley all rely on?

Rivers 

100

Mesopotamia is located between these two rivers.

Tigris and Euphrates

100

This feature best describes the layout of Indus Valley cities?

Grid Pattern

100

The idea that represents balance, order, and justice in Ancient Egypt.

Ma'at

100

The clothing worn by the pharaoh to symbolize the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt during the Old Kingdom.

The double crown

100

What colour is SpongeBob SquarePants pants 

Brown

100

This animated movie features emotions like Joy, Sadness, and Anger.

Inside Out

100

In an epic battle, Gilgamesh and his companion Enkidu slay this creature, angering the gods and ultimately leading to Enkidu’s death.

The Bull of Heaven

200

This continental orientation allowed easier spread of crops and animals?

east-west

200

This limits of human life was a main theme of this Mesopotamian story.

Gilgamesh

200

This urban feature of Indus Valley cities best demonstrates advanced planning and concern for sanitation?

Drainage systems

200

This Egyptian Queen is believed to have adopted a male persona an ruled as Pharaoh Neferneferuaten after her husband death 

Nefertiti

200

This ancient Egyptian stele was crucial for deciphering hieroglyphics  

Rosetta stone 

200

Name this 90's Pop Group

The Spice Girls

200

What shape is a stop sign

Octagon

300

Jared Diamond suggests this matters more than intelligence in early development?

Geography

300

The Principle of "an eye for an eye" comes from this Mesopotamian code of law 

Hammurabi’s Code

300

This missing link is the primary reason for why this regions political leadership and structure has remined such a mystery.

Undeciphered writing system

300

This piece of Middle Kingdom literature reflected he growing philosophical belief of order and justice 

The Eloquent Peasant 

300

The architect associated with the Step Pyramid of Djoser?

Imhotep

300

This team won back to back world series in 1992 and 1993

The Toronto Blue Jays

300

The name of the current moon exploration program 

Artemis

400

Diamond’s Axes Theory is often supported as it argues against this idea as an explanation for why some societies developed earlier than others.

Ethnic superiority

400

This Mesopotamian empire was most known for its agressions, military organization and advanced warfare techniques

Assyria 

400

What does the lack of large palaces and temples, access to drainage systems for most residents, and relatively consistent housing suggest about Indus Valley social hierarchy?

Possible egalitarian society 

400

The two most significant components of Egyptian burial practices required to achieve eternal life in the afterlife.

 

Mummification and funerary texts

400

This supreme deity of Egypt was formed in the middle kingdom when the god of Thebes and the god of the sun merged. 

Amun-Ra

400

This massive storm, has been raging on Jupiter for hundreds of years.

The Great Red Spot

400

What is the national flower of Japan

The Cherry Blossom

500

This characteristic of a civilization the foundation for all other characteristics   

Agricultural Intensification

500

This term is used to describe early Mesopotamian systems where councils shared power before kings ruled

Primitive Democracy 

500

This piece of historical evidence is the primary link between the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia trade

Seals

500

The first female pharaoh not to rule as a regent.

Hatshepsut

500

This west Asian group ruled northern Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period  

Hyksos

500

This artist currently has the #1 album in the world "The Great Divide" 

Noah Kahan

500

What animal can sleep for up to three years

Snail