Ancient Civilizations

The major river of ancient Egypt used for farming and trade was the

• Euphrates River

• Nile River

• Tigris River

• Indus River

List the 8 features of a civilization

• Excess food, advanced cities, specialized workers, trade, social structure, government, religion, writing

• Excess food, advanced cities, specialized workers, trade, taxes, welfare, entertainment

• trade, social structure, government, religion, writing, education, transportation

• Advanced cities, writing, schools, banks, trade, government, taxes, writing

Which civilization was in modern day Iraq?

• Mesopotamia/

  Sumeria

• Egypt

• Aztec

• Inca

Pictographic written language developed by the ancient Egyptians which was used for sacred and ceremonial purposes.

• Cuneiform

• Hieratic Script

• Kanji

• Hieroglyphics

The belief in many gods

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Theocracy

• Oligarchy

Why do they call it the Fertile Crescent?

• because the women had a lot of babies

• because the animals had a lot of babies

• because the moon was in a crescent form all of the time

• The land was fertile and shaped like a crescent moon.

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Gilgamesh
• Hammarabui
• Nineveh
• Sargon

What is Egyptian writing called?

• cuneiform
• hieroglyphic
• characters
• Sanskrit

Who would write and record information?

• slaves
• scribes
• farmers
• craftspeople

Name the civilization: 
- Tigris and Euphrates
- Cuneiform
- City-States

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China