Download Chapter 2 Test Review Egypt-Mesopotamia

Chapters 1 and 2 Test Review
Egypt and Mesopotamia
Ms. Creighton
Name: __________________________
Date: ___________ Period: ________
I. Define
Hieroglyphics –
Fertile Crescent Anthromorphic ZigguratNebuchadnezzar –
pharaoh empire –
cuneiform –
city-state –
Hammurabi –
Monotheism –
Polytheism –
II. Name THE MAJOR accomplishment(s) of the following civilizations:
Ancient Egypt
Sumerians
Babylonians
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Persians
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
III. Answer the following questions:
1. What do the first civilizations (Egypt, Mesopotamia) have in common?
2. What role did the pharaoh have in ancient Egypt?
3. What were the social structures of Mesopotamia and Egypt? How were they the same?
How were they different?
4. What was main reason that the Nile River was so important to the Egyptians?
5. Explain what the “gift of the Nile “is. (How was the Nile beneficial?)
6. What did the Egyptians use pyramids for?
7. Where did the oldest continuous civilization begin?
8. The Fertile Crescent civilizations started by what two river valleys?
9. How did Egyptian and Sumerian writing differ?
10. What type of religion was most common in Mesopotamia?
11. What is most important to remember about Hammurabi’s Code?
12. What is one technological innovation from Mesopotamia and Egypt? How did it
influence the lives of those living in each civilization?
13. How did culture spread from Mesopotamia to Egypt?
14. Explain the role of law in society in Mesopotamia and Egypt.
15. How did religion shape the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt?