Mesopotamia/Egypt

Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic. Polytheistic means

"the belief in more than one god"

Which statement represents one of the beliefs of Judaism

Abraham is the father of the faith

The style of writing would have been found in which civilization

Egyptian

Which of these BEST describes the religious differences in early Mesopotamian and early Egyptian civilizations?

Egyptians saw their gods as more protective, while people of ancient Mesopotamia viewed their gods as more threatening

Epic of Gilgamesh, cuneiform, ziggurats, and Code of Hammurabi All of these are MOST related to which civilization

Mesopotamia

The blue line on this map represents what major river?

Nile

The first people in Mesopotamia to build irrigation canals were the

Sumerians

Give the Nile generally flows in a northward direction, which statement is MOST accurate?

The Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea

What was cuneiform used for by the Sumerian people?

The Sumerians used cuneiform to record trade goods and livestock

The area known as "Mesopotamia" is found between the rivers of

Tigris and Euprhates

Which of these is an accurate description of a Mesopotamian ziggurat?

a religious and civic center

Papyrus would have been MOST important in the Egyptians' ability to

communicate

In ancient History, the Sumerians

had priests serve as kings of their city-states

Because rivers like the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates flooded in ancient times,

land around the river was fertile and capable of supporting farming

The code of Hammurabi in Babylonia was intended to

let all people know all the laws

In Ancient Mesopotamia, the MAIN role of priest was to

make the gods happy

The main purpose for the construction of the pyramids seen here was to

serve as burial toms for Egyptian pharaohs

The Nubia civilization was located _________ of Ancient Egypt

south

Cuneiform, one of the earliest forms of writing, was probably developed as a means of keeping records of

trade and commerce