WORLD HISTORY MIDTERM

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What were pyramids?

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tombs for pharaohs

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What is Egyptian writing called?

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hieroglyphic

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What was the most common form of religious practice in Ancient Egypt?

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polytheism

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What is a dynasty?

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series of rulers from the same family

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What is the famous river in Egypt?

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Nile

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The Sumerian writing system was called

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cuneiform

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Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

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Hammurabi

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Grand temple with a shrine at the top

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ziggurat

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Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops

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irrigation

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Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers? Options: the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean, the Tigris and the Persian Gulf, the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates, the Euphrates and the Tigris

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the Euphrates and the Tigris