Ancient Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt

The Fertile Crescent was

• where the Pillsbury Dough Boy makes crescent rolls.

• rich, fertile land that included a plain known as Mesopotamia.

• the land around the Nile River that was lush farmland.

Hieroglyphics are

• an ancient form of writing Mesopotamians used in bazaars

• wedge-shaped writing used for record keeping

• a writing system used to decorate tombs that used pictures and symbols for words.

What is a city-state?

• The combination of a city and the state it is in, like Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• A city and the land surrounding it that acts as an independent country.

• More than a city, less than a state.

What is a dynasty?

• an old TV show.

• a series of rulers from a single family

• brings together several peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler

The most face ruler of the Babylonian Empire was

• Hammurabi

• Cleopatra

• Thutmose III

Hammurabi's Code is important because

• the laws tell us a great deal about Mesopotamian beliefs.

• it was a single, uniform code of laws that helped unify a diverse group of people

• it gave all of the power to Hammurabi

• A and B

Cultural diffusion is important because

• it helps spread advancements, ideas, and products from one culture to another, thus advancing civilizations.

• it spread the belief of polytheism to other city-states.

• it kept Mesopotamian culture from becoming a monotheistic society.

Polytheism is the belief in one god.

• True

• False

The Book of the Dead was the same book for all deceased pharaohs.

• True

• False

The rivers that supported Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt are:

• the Nile, the Indus, and the Tiger Rivers

• the Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile Rivers

• the Yellow River, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea

• the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Blue Lake