Chapter 2: First Civilizations: Africa and Asia

Question 1

More than 90%of Egypt is covered by…

Answer 1

Desert or the “Red Land”

Question 2

What is the other part of Egypt called

Answer 2

“Black Land” which contains rich, fertile soil and excellent farming conditions

Question 3

The Nile River is the longest river in the world it is ____ miles long

Answer 3

4160

Question 4

What is easy to navigate and flow in different directions

Answer 4

Waters and winds

Question 5

How many raids or cataracts separate regions of the Nile

Answer 5

6

Question 6

Women’s rights in Ancient Egypt

Answer 6

Marriage choice and divorce, private property ownership, and occupational freedom

Question 7

Most people worked as

Answer 7

Peasant farmers or slaves

Question 8

Scribes wrote_____ on walls

Answer 8

Hieroglyphics

Question 9

Astronomy- mapped the ____ and the movements of______, developed the 12 month calendar

Answer 9

Stars and planets

Question 10

What is a Rosetta Stone

Answer 10

Translator rock- contains same message written in hieroglyphics, demotic, and Greek

Question 11

When was the Rosetta Stone discovered

Answer 11

1798

Question 12

What did the pharaohs focus too much time and energy on?

Answer 12

Pyramid building

Question 13

What was lacked in ancient Egypt

Answer 13

Military and force/ border protection

Question 14

Crop failures lack of ____

Answer 14

Food service

Question 15

In 1952 ______ leads a revolution in Egypt to overthrow the Sultan and presidential elections are held

Answer 15

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Question 16

_______, in which_____(backed by the U.K. and France) attempts to invade parts of Egypt (backed by U.S.S.R.).

Answer 16

Suez Crisis and Israel

Question 17

What 120 mile man made canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

Answer 17

Suez Canal

Question 18

Who becomes president when President Nasser dies?

Answer 18

Anwar Sadat

Question 19

When Sadat is assassinated who takes power

Answer 19

Honsi Murabarak ( he was accused of many human rights violations during his 30 year presidency and was removed in 2011 after nationwide protests)

Question 20

Since 2013 ______ has taken control of Egypt and has assumed the Presidency of Egypt.

Answer 20

Abdel Farrah el-Sisi

Question 21

Which rivers is Mesopotamia in between?

Answer 21

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 22

What was established in the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia)?

Answer 22

The wheel, writing systems, literature, rule of law, time (60 min hour), geometry, architecture

Question 23

Hammurabi is the first ____ in human history

Answer 23

Set of written laws

Question 24

How many laws are in the code of Hammurabi

Answer 24

282

Question 25

The code of Hammurabi provides legal provisions for….

Answer 25

Criminal and civil law

Question 26

Who was the perishable emperor in 522-486 B.C.E.

Answer 26

Darius

Question 27

What was the largest empire in the ancient world

Answer 27

Persian Empire ( 50 million habitants that made up about 44% of the world at the time)

Question 28

What did the Persian empire do?

Answer 28

Organized the government into provinces, established a standard legal system, improved trade throughout the empire with new roads and a standard currency

Question 29

Phoecians diffused Mesopotamian culture throughout the ______ and invented the worlds first ________

Answer 29

Mediterranean and alphabet

Question 30

When was the kingdom of Jerusalem established

Answer 30

1000 B.C.E.