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Mesopotamia
Indus Valley
Ancient Egypt
Misc
100
This is writing made up of pictorial symbols from Ancient Egypt.
What is hieroglyphics
100
Mesopotamia was the region between these two rivers.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
100
This river was a major resource to the cities of the Indus Valley.
What is the Indus River
100
A sphinx was often built next to or nearby an Egyptian pyramid to provide.....
What is protection from evil
100
This was the process of preserving the bodies of Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt
What is mummification
200
This is a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
What is the Fertile Crescent
200
The Mesopotamians were the first to create this system of supplying water by artificial means for agriculture to develop
What is irrigation
200
Mohenjo Daro and this city were the two most famous found in the Indus Valley region
What is Harrapa
200
This river flowed from Upper to Lower Egypt provided ancient Egypt with a wealth of natural resources
What is the Nile River
200
This was the ancient language found in the Indus River valley
What is Sanskrit
300
This is the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced
What is a civilization
300
This was the writing systems the Sumerians had.
What is cuneiform.
300
The Indus Valley region was known for trading with this other ancient cilvilzation
What is Mesopotamia
300
In the socials hierarchy of ancient Egypt, __________ would be found at the top.
What is Pharaoh
300
This was the city found in Mesopotamia with the "Terrace Gardens", one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
What is Babylon
400
This is a carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled-up ends.
What is a cartouche
400
Hammurabi’s Code was written to .....
What is inform everyone of laws and punishments in Babylon.
400
The people of the ancient Indus River valley were known to put this on all products made in their region.
What is a seal
400
This crop was used to create paper in which scribes would write about the history of each kingdom
What is papyrus
400
He was the king that was found in a in-tact tomb, he was only in his early twenties when he died!
Who is King Tut
500
This is a a broad flat-bottomed boat.
What is a barge.
500
The Sumerians were the first to mix this metal using tin and copper.
What is bronze
500
One reason archaeologists are interested in the ruins of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro is that....
What is they show that cities were well planned.
500
This Pharaoh was the reason the Great Pyramid of Giza was built
What is Khufu
500
This was the invention the Mesopotamians created for farming.
What is the plow