Chapter 2 Sec. 1 and 2 Quiz

This is an independent city-state in Sumeria.

This is an Egyptian monarch's title, it means "great house" in Egyptian.

Osiris is an important figure in Egyptian religion who symbolizes, what?

A complex system of writing meaning "sacred writing" that is made up of pictures and forms...

The most famous piece of Mesopotamian literature is?

The Egyptians developed an accurate 365-day calendar by basing their year(s) on what?

The pharoah who introduced the worship of a single god, Aton, god of the sun disk, was?

The Sumerians invented all of the following technology EXCEPT?

Who was the boy king pharoah whom restored worship of the old gods in the New Kingdom?

What is the arc of rich soil between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf called?

Egyptian history is divided into three major periods, known as the?

The Mesopotamia religion, which identified nearly three thousand gods and godesses, is?

Around 2340 BC, the Sumerian city-states were conquered by the Akkadians under this leader...

A family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family is known as what?

What is the collection of 282 laws devised in ancient Babylon?

Upper and Lower Egypt were united into a single kingdom around which ruler?

Irrigation and Drainage ditches for farming were created by which early civiliation?

A large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, controlling many people.

The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most by

Writing developed by the Sumerians where wedge-shaped styles of clay and brick were used.