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Question 0

Vocab: papyrus

Answer 0

Reed plant of the Nile River Valley, used to make a form of paper

Question 1

What was buried with a sarcophagus (a mummy)?

Answer 1

• Food
• Games
• Jewelry
• Clothing
• Other items

Question 2

Vocab: pyramid

Answer 2

Huge stone structure built by the ancient Egyptians to serve as a tomb.

Question 3

Vocab: dynasty

Answer 3

Line of rulers from one family

Question 4

As you studied Egypt, WHO impressed you? Why?

Answer 4

Hatshepsut
Wore men's clothing 
Was a girl
Trade over military
Must've been difficult for her!

Question 5

What is the difference between upper and lower Egypt?

Answer 5

Upper: south, higher elevation
Lower: north, lower elevation

Question 6

Vocab: embalming

Answer 6

Process developed by the ancient Egyptians of preserving a body after death

Question 7

Vocab: cataract

Answer 7

Steep rapids formed by cliffs and boulders in a river.

Question 8

How did the Nile River affect the lives of the people who lived there?

Answer 8

It was everything to them and they couldn’t survive without it.

Question 9

What rights did Egyptian women have that they didn’t have in other civilizations?

Answer 9

• Buy and sell property
• Keep what they earned
• Work outside of home

Question 10

3 examples of advancements of technology

Answer 10

365 day calendar
Medicine and medicine books
Hieroglyphic writing
# system based on 10, fractions

Question 11

Similar class divisions to Mesopotamia:

Answer 11

• Merchants, shopkeepers are in same class

- slaves, prisoners of war, people in debt at bottom in both civilizations

Question 12

Differences in class divisions:

Answer 12

Egypt: 5 classes, pharaohs at top, scribes with shopkeepers, traders, artisans
Mesopotamia: 3 classes, top is kings, priests, government officials, middle-fisherman, farmers, artisans

Question 13

Difference between scribes in Egypt and Mesopotamia

Answer 13

In Mesopotamia, they held homered positions, went on to be judges, government officials. In Egypt, they were just middle class.

Question 14

Egypt is is ____ River Valley

Mesopotamia was located in the ______ and _________ River Valleys

Answer 14

Nile
Tigris
Euphrates

Question 15

How was the empire of Egypt very different then Mesopotamia?

Narmar _____ the kingdoms. This brought Egyptians together.

Mesopotamia had independent city-states. Often, these city states went to ___ against each other.

Answer 15

United

War

Question 16

Egyptian writing was called:

It was written on:

Answer 16

Hieroglyphics

Papyrus

Question 17

Mesopotamia writing was called:

They wrote on:

Answer 17

Cuneiform

Clay tablets