Ancient Civilizations (Ch.2, Sections 1-2)

What is the name of the Sumerian wedge-shaped form of writing?

Who established the first known empire?

The Amorite civilization was centered in what capital city?

What is the study of celestial bodies? Astronomy or Astrology?

What river was the Egyptian civilization centered around?

__________ is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers or the "land between two rivers."

• Babylon

• Sumer

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler

• city-state
• province
• empire
• republic

Many of the early Mesopotamians were

• monotheistic
• polytheistic
• atheist
• historians do not know

In what ancient Egyptian kingdom did the pharaohs build great pyramids?

• Middle Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• United Kingdom

Who is known for his code of laws? ("An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth")

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Cheops

• Sargon