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Flashcards by Elizabeth West, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elizabeth West
about 7 years ago
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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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