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Chapters 4 & 5 Study Guide
1. silt
2. irrigation
3. surplus
4. city-state
5.polytheism
6. ziggurat
7. cuneiform
8. scribe
9. epic
10. empire
11. tribute
12. province
13. caravan
14. astronomer
15. cataract
16. delta
17. shadoof
18. papyrus
19. hieroglyphics
20. dynasty
21. theocracy
22. pharaoh
23. bureaucrat
24. embalming
25. pyramid
26. incense
27. envoy
28. savanna
29. textile
30. In Mesopotamia, floods deposited silt, which made the soil
31. Which of the following groups belonged to the Sumerian middle class?
32. Sumerians developed a 12-month calendar by recording the...
33. Who developed the first empire in Mesopotamia?
34. What did Assyrians often demand from the people they conquered?
35. The astronomers of Babylon mapped...
36. What did the delta of the Nile River provide Egyptians?
37. Who was responsible for uniting and governing Egypt?
38. Egyptians built pyramids because they...
39. The largest group in Egyptian society was made up of...
40. What was the main focus of Queen Hatshepsut's rule?
41. How were Kushites different from the Egyptians?
True and False: Write out the whole word
Mesopotamia means "the land between two rivers" in Greek
Mesopotamia began between the Euphrates and Nile river
The farmers in Mesopotamia did not know when the Tigris and Euphrates
rivers would flood or dry out.
Mesopotamia is often referred to as "the cradle of civilization"
The Sumerians were the first people to use the wheel
The Sumerians developed the 180 degree circle
Hammurabi's code demanded "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth"
Babylon's Hanging Gardens were once considered one of the seven wonders
of the Ancient world.
The Nile is the world's second longest river
Narmer was the first King to unify Egypt
The word Pharaoh originally meant "great house"
Osiris was the god of the afterlife in Egypt
Two important gods in Egypt were Re and Hapi
Pyramids were used for storing grains in case of a famine
People in Egypt could not move up in social classes even if they worked hard
Egypt's history is broken into the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New
Kingdom
Ramses II was the most successful of all the Pharaohs
King Tut became the youngest Pharaoh at the age of 19
Queen Hatshepsut was one of the few women to rule Egypt
Diagram: Using a Venn Diagram, Compare and Contrast the following:
Compare and Contrast the influences of the Nile River in Egypt with the Tigris and
Euphrates Rivers in Mesopotamia
Compare and Contrast the Sumerian and Egyptian Civilizati