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Mesopotamia and Egypt Review #2
Mesopotamia and Egypt Review #2
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6th grade social studies review.
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1
What was the writing system of the Mesopotamian civilizations called?
Phoenician
Cuneiform
Hiegoglyphs
Leetspeak
2
Who built the pyramids in Egypt?
aliens
Acolytes of the pharoah
Slaves from captured territories
Peasants during inundation
3
The Epic of Gilgamesh was written about a leader from which civilization?
Sumer
Egypt
Greeks
Babylon
4
The Fertile Crescent is surrounded by all of the following geographical features EXCEPT:
Mediterranean Sea
Syrian Desert
Lake Nasser
Taurus Mountains
5
Choose the word that DOES NOT describe the Nile River as the Ancient Egyptians knew it:
Navigable
Torrential
Regular
Benign
6
What does an agricultural food surplus usually result in?
Social classes
Large civic and religious building projects
All of the above
Division of labor
7
Which region suffered more conflict?
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
8
Which civilization that we have studied could be described as optimistic about the after-life?
Egypt
Mesopotamia
9
Who was the most important god in Ancient Egypt?
Hathor (goddess of love)
Ra (sun god)
Osiris (god of death)
Nut (goddess of night)
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What natural disaster frequently destroyed homes and villages in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Tornados
Asteroids
Earthquakes
Floods
