Ancient Civilizations Quiz

EGYPT GEOGRAPHY: the “black land” of Egypt

• Dry desert

• Fertile soil that was flooded yearly.

• The land where tombs were

• Land rich in oil and minerals

EMPIRE V EMPIRE Conquered land with many different cultures

• Han China

• Imperial Rome

• China and Rome

EMPIRE V EMPIRE Women had fewer rights than men

• Han China

• Imperial Rome

• China and Rome

EGYPT ECONOMY: the word economy

• The way people use and manage their resources

• King

• A body preserved through a special process

• A symbol or drawing that represents a word or sound.

• Crop used to make paper

EGYPT ACHIEVEMENTS: Scribes

• Officials who read and wrote

• King

• A ruling family

• The way people use and manage their resources

• A triangle-shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river that spread out like fingers

EGYPT SOCIETY: Who was between priests and merchants?

• Scribes

• Farmers

• Servants

• Nobles

Mesopotamia VOCABULARY City-state

• Form of triangular-shaped writing

• Independent state with government and traditions

• Exchange of goods from one place/person to another

• Professional writer

How many months was the Sumerian calendar?

• 12

• 15

• 30

• 7

India POLITICS: This ruler started as a warrior and then converted to Buddhism

• Asoka

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Darius the Great

• Arjun

EGYPT POLITICS: Dynasty

• A ruling family

• A body preserved through a special process

• A triangle-shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river that spread out like fingers

• Crop used to make paper

• A symbol or drawing that represents a word or sound.