Review before the Exam

Question 1

Mesopotamia means………………….

Answer 1

Land between rivers

Question 2

Ancient Egypt was next to……

Answer 2

Nile river

Question 3

Ancient China developed next to

Answer 3

Yangtzé river

Question 4

Mesopotamia civilization developed on the banks of

Answer 4

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 5

Ancient India developed next to

Answer 5

Indus river

Question 6

Ancient civilizations shared some characteristics like

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1. • They developed next to important rivers
2. • They used writing
3. • They were polytheists
4. • Large urban settlements
5. • Hierarchical societies

Question 7

Writing used in Mesopotamia was called

Answer 7

Cuneiform

Question 8

Writing used in Egypt was called

Answer 8

Hieroglyphics

Question 9

Writing in Mesopotamia was done

Answer 9

Through marks in Clay tablets

Question 10

Writing in Egypt was done

Answer 10

With paintings on papyrus

Question 11

Writing was used for

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Crops, taxes, bussiness

Question 12

Mesopotamia civilization developed in different periods:

Answer 12

Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian

Question 13

Mesopotamia cities were

Answer 13

Independent City states

Question 14

In the Sumerian period

Answer 14

Large city-states were formed

Question 15

In the Akkadian period the most important king was

Answer 15

Sargon I

Question 16

In the Babylonian period, the most important emperor was

Answer 16

Hammurabi

Question 17

The Code of Law was done by

Answer 17

Hammurabi

Question 18

Mesopotamia disappeared because ___________________ conquered them

Answer 18

The Persians

Question 19

The most important temples in Mesopotamia were called

Answer 19

Ziggurat

Question 20

Agriculture used in Mesopotamia was called

Answer 20

Irrigation agriculture

Question 21

Agriculture in Mesopotamia was done through

Answer 21

Canals, dams, locks…

Question 22

Agriculture in Egypt was done Thanks to

Answer 22

The floodings of the Nile river

Question 23

Thanks to Mesopotamia we have

Answer 23

Numeral system, lunar calendar or advances in medicine

Question 24

In Egypt, there were seasons like:

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Inundation
Sowing
Harvest

Question 25

The most important person in Egypt was

Answer 25

The pharaoh

Question 26

Pharaoh held total power because he had

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Political power
Military power
Religious power

Question 27

The pharaoh had some symbols to recognize his power

Answer 27

Cobra (power enemies)
Crook (power over production)
Flail (power over population)
False beard (strenght of The pharaoh)

Question 28

Egyptians believed that some animals were sacred like

Answer 28

Cats, beetles or crocodiles

Question 29

Egyptians believed in

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Afterlife

Question 30

Egyptians called The soul

Answer 30

Ka

Question 31

Egyptians believed that The soul had to pass

Answer 31

The judgement of Osiris

Question 32

The instructions of The judgement of Osiris were written in the

Answer 32

Book of Death

Question 33

There were different types of tombs in Egypt

Answer 33

Mastaba
Pyramids
Hypogea

Question 34

The most famous pyramids are in

Answer 34

Gizah

Question 35

The most famous pyramids were built

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Around 2500 BC

Question 36

The most famous pyramids are called

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Keops, Kefren and Micerinos

Question 37

In the river civilizations, the society was

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Hierarchical which means that the power is at the top and those with the power (few) ruled over the rest (majority).

Question 38

Egyptians thought that the pharaoh was the incarnation of

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Horus

Question 39

The famous gates in Babylon were

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In honour of Ishtar, the goddess

Question 40

A mastaba was

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A type of tomb. It had the shape of a pyramid but with a flat top

Question 41

A Hypogea was

Answer 41

A tomb dug in the rocks