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Egypt and Mesopotamia
Egypt and Mesopotamia
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A review of the terms and events of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
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What is the term for the belief in many gods?
Monotheism
Multi-god complex
Supertheism
Polytheism
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His rule helped bring in the New Kingdom in Egpyt
Ahmose
Hyksos
Hammurabi
Tut
3
A self-governing city that also governs surrounding villages
Empire
City-state
Country-State
Sumer
4
A group of people who go on a trip for a specific reason is called a(n)
expedition
adventure
road trip
trek
5
One of the few female leaders of Egypt.
Ahmose
Hyksos
Hatshepsut
Sargon
6
This area of Egypt has stone cliffs and desert sands.
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
Middle Egypt
Nubia
7
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers empty into the...
Med Sea
Arabian Sea
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
8
Today, Mesopotamia is MOSTLY located in what country?
Turkey
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Iraq
9
These two mountain ranges are located in Mesopotamia.
Himalayas and Kush
Zagros and Taurus
Alps and Kush
Rockies and Zagros
10
This ruler unified or united Egypt into one kingdom.
Hatshepsut
Ahmose
Menes
Tut
11
What is the term for the image pictured below?
Class Ranking
Social Latter
Social Pyramid
Social Circle
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A very fertile flat land made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water
Plateau
Delta
Nile
River
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Who was the first "Super hero" or mythical hero of Mesopotamia?
Sargon
Gilgamesh
Babylon
Hammurabi
14
The phrase "An Eye for An Eye" comes from
Hammurabi
Sargon
King Tut
Gilgamesh
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What helped historians figure out how to decode hieroglyphics?
Clay Tablet
Papyrus
Code of Laws
Rosetta Stone
16
The watering of land by means of a canal or pipes.
flooding
Levees
Irrigation
Silt
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What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
Ancient land
Land between two rivers
Fertile Crescent
Land between rivers
18
What did they call rulers in Egypt?
Emperors
Rulers
Kings
Pharaohs
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When was King Tut's tomb discovered?
1922
1920
1930
1925
20
Who is at the BOTTOM of the social pyramid?
Farmers
Slaves
Artisans
Merchants
21
Who discovered King Tut's tomb?
Arthur
Howard Carter
Carter Howard
Aaron Carter
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These are people who recorded important information like taxes and measurements.
Recorders
Scribes
Nobles
Writers
23
This is the name for the writing used by people in Mesopotamia.
Script
Sanskrit
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
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True or False: The Mesopotamians thought their king was a god.
False
True
25
The Nile river empties into the
Adriatic Sea
Med Sea
Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea