Ancient civilizations

Ancient civilizations

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What is ancient?

• an object made by human beings

• very old; of a long time ago

• the stage of human social development and organization

• a ceremony

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What is a civilization?

• a ceremony

• the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.

• an object made by human beings

• the time or period before recorded or written history

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What is an artifact?

• a painting on a cave wall

• an object made by human beings; often refers to a primitive tool or other relic from an earlier period.

• very old

• a ceremonial act

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Hieroglyphics are

• A form of writing using pictures rather than letters.

• Pipes or channels designed to carry water from a distant source.

• Military officers who were very strict.

• How goods and services are produced.

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Which civilizations had the great Nile River for transportation and irrigation?

• Mexico

• Egypt

• Rome

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What ancient civilization built this 13,000+ mile wall?

• Japanese

• Chinese

• Roman

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Are there mummies buried in these Aztec pyramids?

• Yes

• No

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Who is famous for their mythology with gods like Zeus and Neptune?

• Greece

• Japan

• Mexico

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Which civilization built the pyramids of Giza?

• Chinese

• Roman

• Egyptian

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What was the purpose of the Great Wall of China?

• To keep out invaders

• It was pretty

• The slaves needed jobs

• So they didn't mow the neighbors yard

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Why did the Egyptians preserve their dead?

• To get them ready for the next life

• It was fun

• To show faith to their gods

• It was fashionable

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What were people called who were trained to write?

• Scribes

• Writers

• Ms. Flannigan

• Pictionary

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Hieroglyphics is a form of writing from what ancient civilization?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Sumeria

• Austin

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A family of rulers is called a __

• Mummy

• Dynasty

• Kingdom

• Summerians

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A stone coffin

• Tomb

• Sarcophagus

• Giza

• Pizza

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A leader of Egypt that was both god and king

• Ziggurat
• A Pharaoh 

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The Greek god of water was....

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Hades

• Arithmetic

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China and Egypt both invented some form of...

• banana

• noodle

• href

• paper

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Egyptians wrote in....

• Cuneiform

• Sanscrit

• Hieroglyphs

• Hieroglyphics