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Question | Answer |
what does Mesopotamia mean? | Land between rivers |
where was the first civilization ? | Mesopotamia present day Iraq and Syria |
What is the region in the middle east which curves like a quarter moon? | The Fertile Crescent |
Belief in many gods | Polytheistic |
what is the ziggurat? | the massive platform that the Sumerians built their religious temples on |
what kind of government is a god thought to be the ruler of? | A Theocracy |
What was the first writing system developed by the sumerians ? (hint: wedge -shape writing) | Cuneiform |
what was the first written laws; given to the people of Ancient Babylon by King Hammurabi | Hammurabi's Law Code |
What is Patriarchal? | a society dominated by men |
What is the longest river in the world ? (hint: it runs through Egypt) | Nile River |
What is Inundation? | The annual flooding of the Nile River |
What is the mud left behind from the flooding of a river? (it is good for fertilizer) | Silt |
Who was King Menes? | King who united Lower and Upper Egypt around 3100BC |
What does dynasty mean ? | "Great house of" (a family of rulers) |
What was the name for the Egypt king | Pharaoh |
What is "ka"? | The life force that leaves the physical body but is stuck in its mummy or small statue |
What is "Ba"? | the part of the soul that embarks on a journey to follow the gods (Symbol is often shown as a bird with a human head) |
What is mummification? | The Egyptian belief to preserve the human body (The process could last up to 70 days) |
What are canopic jars? | containers used to hold eternal organs of the deceased. |
What is a sarcophagus? | The outer layer of protection for a royal mummy, with several layers of coffins in it. |
Who was King Khufu? | The pharaoh responsible for the great pyramid at Giza |
What is the only monument of the 7 ancient wonders of the world to survive? | The Great Pyramid (largest of the 3 pyramids) |
What is KIng Khufu's boat? | The boat that was found under the Great Pyramid that would ferry King Khufu spirit across the sky to be with Ra the sun god. |
What is the Great Sphinx? | One of the largest and oldest statues in the world. Also believed to be made in the likeness of King Khafra |
What is the Egyptian picture writing? | Hieroglyphics. |
What is the Rosetta Stone? | A stone with two written languages (Egyptian and Greek) |
Who invade Egypt and Ruled for 200 years? | The Hyksos |
Who is Hatshepsut? | The first great woman ruler of egypt . |
Who rejected the traditional religion in favor of worshiping the Aten or sun disc (hint: he named it after himself) | Akhenaten |
Who was the 17 year old pharaoh whose tomb survived untouched by grave robbers? | King Tut (Tutankhamen) |
What did Ramses II do ? | He reigned over Egypt for 67 years, fathered 100 children ,defeated the Hittites, and declared himself a living god. |
What is papyrus? | The reed like plant that grows on the nile river that the Egyptians used to write on . |
What do you call the spread of ideas from one culture to another culture? | Cultural diffusion |
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