Mesopotamia and Egypt

Which of these is a major source of fresh water in Mesopotamia?

• Assyria
• Euphrates
• Sumer
• Nile

What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean in the Greek language?

• first civilization
• new stone age
• people from the south
• land between the rivers

What was the written language of Mesopotamia called?

• ziggurat
• scribe
• hieroglyphics
• cuneiform

Egyptians made paper from:

• papyrus
• grains
• corn
• sheep's wool

Egyptians were ____________________ since they believed in many gods.

• bartering

• monotheistic

• polytheistic

• embalming

Which word means a form of writing made up of thousands of picture symbols used in ancient Egypt?

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

• ziggurat

City-state means ______________________.

• god or goddess

• a reed plant used to made a form of paper

• an independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land

• a tomb built by the ancient Egyptians made of stone

Irrigation means ______________________.

• a system of writing using wedge shaped markings

• the belief in only one god

• the belief in many gods

• method of bringing water to a field or crops using channels

Which word means a step pyramid used as a religious temple?

• ziggurat

• pyramid

• irrigation

• bartering

The oldest written story is called ______________.

• The Story of Ugg

• The Iliad

• The Odyssey

• The Epic of Gilgamesh