Chapter 2 Ancient Middle East/Egypt

The Egyptian god from whom the pharoahs claimed their right to rule:

Thutmose III won a significant battle for the Egyptians at

Sumerian wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets:

Some months have 31 days, some months have 30 days, how many have 28 days?

Who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

Which group was known as the "carriers of civilization?"

The Egyptian god who ruled over the underworld and the Nile was:

Term for a chief minister under the pharoah in ancient Egypt:

Howard Carter is given credit for discovering King Tut's tomb in 1922.

Term which means "land between two rivers:"

A ziggurat was a Sumerian temple built to honor a god or gods.

Egyptian god responsible for moving the sun across the horizon was:

Almost all Egyptian pyramids were built by slaves.

Egypts empire was expanded to it's greatest extent during the reign of :

According to Egyptian afterlife beliefs, the "eater of the dead" was:

Egyptians developed mummification to:

Egyptians invented the wheel.

All internal organs were removed during mummification.

Which of the following is not found in the Fertile Crescent?

John's father had three sons named Snap, Crackle and ___________?

The world's first empire was created by:

Mr. Pesicka's first pet was named:

Mr. Pesicka's first best friend was?

The Egyptian pharoah who changed religion from polythiestic to monotheistic was:

The Eye of Horace was thought to:

The Babylonian king who created a legal system based on an "eye for eye:"

Egyptian leader who united Upper and Lower Egypt under one crown:

Canopic jars were used for:

How long have the Pesicka's been married?

The biggest contributing factor to Sumerian city-states accumulating wealth was:

The mummification process took about 180 days.

Hammurabi's Code consisted of military law, criminal law, and civil law.

The Persian religious leader who focused on the battle between good and evil:

The Egyptian pharoah who attempted to change the religion from polytheistic to monotheistic:

The Book of the Dead was a "guide" through the underworld.

The largest pyramid built in ancient Egypt was for which pharoah?

What is the name of the scarab beetle god?

The Old Kingdom of Egypt was known as the Pyramid Age.

The name of the vizier who gave his son some sage advice?

The first pharoah to be deified was Hatshepsut.

Zoroasterianism was a Persian religion that focused on a battle between good and evil & was similiar to Christianity.

Egyptians gave us a greater understanding of medicine and the human body.

King Tut's tomb was found in the Valley of the Kings.

The term for different jobs and levels of authority in government:

The Rosetta Stone helped break the code of hieroglyphics.

What year did Mr. Pesicka start at YHS?

Mr. Pesicka's scoring average his senior year of college basketball?

Pyramids were built in ancient Egypt to provide a place for resurrection to the afterlife.

If your running a race and passed the person in sceond place, what place would you be in now?

A waterfall on the Nile River:

Egyptian writing:

Hatshepsut used obelisks to proclaim she descended from the god Amon Ra.

How did King Tut die?

Who killed Osiris, chopped him into pieces and tossed him into the Nile River?

The Persians created all of the following except:

Who was Hatshepsut's "ignificant other" and chief architect of her burial complex?

Egyptian pharoah given credit for building the worlds first stone pyramid: