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Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
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Reviews both Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
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What is the written script of the Mesopotamian peoples called?
hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Sanskrit
Calligraphy
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Why did they want to please their Gods?
They wanted good weather
They wanted a good harvest
They wanted a great afterlife
They wanted to kill their enemies
3
The theocracy of ancient Egypt was a belief in the divinity of
Priests
Ra
Pharaohs
Isis
4
Who led the Hebrews out of captivity in Egypt to freedom in Israel?
Abraham
Moses
Ramses
Hammurabi
5
What is silt?
Law Codes
Boats used for trading
The fine soil carried by rivers
Written Language
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The main purpose of the pyramids of Egypt was to function as
tombs
places of worship
centers of learning
temples
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The process of mummification was connected to the Egyptian belief in
Other Gods
Spirits
Magic
Afterlife
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Why were Egyptian farmers more fortunate than the farmers of Mesopotamia?
The Nile flooded more deeply than the Tigris and Euphrates.
The Tigris and Euphrates frequently changed course; the Nile didn’t.
The Nile flowed north, the Tigris and Euphrates flowed southeast.
The Nile flooded at regularly the Tigris and Euphrates flooded irregularly
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In Greek, what does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers
Land of rivers
land by water
Land between two waters
10
Sargon of Akkad created the world's first
dynasty
empire
city-state
region
11
The cataracts along the Nile are most like
rapids/waterfalls
whirlpools
shallows
dams
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What was special about the nile?
it flowed south
longest river in the world
it flowed in two different directions
it flowed north
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Despite its severity, ______reinforced the idea that government had a responsibility for what occurred in society.
Code of Hammurabi
10 Commandments
Monotheism
Theocracy
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They ______ were built to house the pharaohs' bodies, because their spirits were believed to rule even after death.
Pyramids
Empires
Ziggurat
Graveyards
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Papyrus was used as a surface for the Egyptian writing system called
Inscribing
Pictograph
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
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Who is credited with founding Judaism?
Isaac
Abraham
Judah
Moses
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What is the moral code of the Jews called?
10 Commandments
Talmud
Judaism Law
Code of Hammurabi
