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Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
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Egyptians believed in the gods Amon Re, Osiris, Isis, and Annubis. This concept is known as....
Agnostic
Atheism
Polytheism
Monotheism
2
What does Mesopotamia mean
In between two rivers
Pizza
Gum
Idk
3
What major part of the Ancient Egyptian culture played a significant role in the government?
Religion
Art
Food
Storytelling
4
This was the first major civilization of Mesopotamia
Babylonian
Hebrew
Sumerian
Assyrian
5
Why were Sumerian settlements called 'city-states"?
Each settlement recorded the empire's history.
Each settlement served the Sumerian empire.
Each settlement had its own irrigation system.
Each settlement had its own ruler and farmland.
6
what was the Egyptian writing system
hieroglyphics
cuneiform
spanish
english
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who was the ¨leader¨ of egypt
Pharaoh
slaves
animals
8
The Egyptian pyramids were
tombs for pharaohs.
storehouses for crops
temples of worship.
royal palaces.
9
The Nile's floods predictably, which allowed for floodwaters to
protect treasures buried in the pyramids
fertilize the farmland in the river valley
prevent invading armies from attacking key cities
make it easier for ships to travel upstream
10
What was the name of the river that allowed Egypt to thrive?
Euphrates
Amazon
Nile
Tigris
11
The Hittites were the first to use which metal?
Bronze
Vibranium
Metalica
Iron
12
What geographic feature determined location for Egypt and Mesopotamia?
fertile soils and plains
rainy season and forests
oceans and coastlines
rivers and valleys
13
Main rivers of ancient Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
Amazon and Euphrates
Niger and Nile
Indus and Yellow
14
In Ancient Egypt what was a dynasty?
group of nobles
large bureaucracy
ruling family
group of priests
15
Early civilizations were founded on rivers because they provided...
fresh water and rich soil for farming
power source for mechanical waterwheels
protective barriers
a route for transporting goods to market
16
What was the importance of religion in ancient Egyptian politics?
The pharoh was a god
The gods picked pharoh as their human representative.
The priests were governors of river districts
A council of religious elders ruled the empire.
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Name the writing system that developed in the region of Mesopotamia.
hieroglyphics
phonetic
quipu
cuneiform
18
Ziggurats were used in Mesopotamia as...
religious temples
theaters
burial chambers
schools
19
Who united upper and lower Egypt?
Menes
Ramses III
Hatsheput
Xerxes
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What was the significance of the Rosetta stone?
it was written in demotic which scholars knew
all answers are correct
from it scholars were able to decipher hieroglyphics
it was found in the town of Rosetta
