Mesopotamia and Egypt Study Guide



Mesopotamia and Egypt Study Guide

Test on Tuesday!

Vocabulary to know:

-irrigation

-scribe

-dynasty

-embalming

-mummy

-city-state

-empire

-delta

Mesopotamia

1. Name the two rivers that make up the area of Mesopotamia.

2. What three civilizations were in Mesopotamia?

3. What is the climate?

4. What was the most populated area of Mesopotamia?

5. What is cuneiform?

6. What is a ziggurat?

7. Name the three inventions?

8. Who developed the first empire?

9. Who was the king of the Chaldeans?

10. Who created the first code of laws?

11. *What is the difference between a city-state and an empire?

Egypt

1. What helped protect Egypt from invasions?

2. What is a shadoof?

3. What is used to make paper?

4. *King Narmer united what two kingdoms?

5. Egyptian system of writing?

6. Be able to identify the 5 gods given in the notes.

7. Know the nickname for each time period in Egypt.

8. What were pyramids used for?

9. During the Middle and New kingdoms where were pharaoh’s buried?

10. What kingdom did King Tut rule in?

11. Why did the New Kingdom decline?

12. What is the Book of the Dead?

13. What would happen to someone if their body decayed after death?

Questions with * means that they will be short answers on the test.

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