Unit 30a Review Mesopotamia and Egypt

What is the name of the two rivers that flow through the Fertile Crescent and empty into the Persian Gulf?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Nile and Amazon

• Yangtze and Ganges

• Mississippi and Missouri

What tool did the Babylonians develop to assist in trading?

• Weighted scales

• Abacuses

• Measuring tapes

• Calculators

What is the name of the region in the image called?

• Fertile Crescent

• Sahara Desert

• Amazon Rainforest

• Great Plains

True or False (Rivers in Ancient Egypt/Mesopotamia were used for trade, farming and water sources)

• True

• False

• Only for trade

• Only for farming

How did Egyptians view the afterlife?

• Negatively

• Indifferently

• Positively

• Fearfully

(Using the Photo and GRAPES) What was the Ziggurat used for?

• Religion

• Trade

• Defense

• Housing

A system of writing that was developed in ancient Mesopotamia.

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Latin

• Sanskrit

Define Theocracy

• Government ruled by religious leaders

• Government ruled by military leaders

• Government ruled by elected officials

• Government ruled by a single dictator

What was the title given to the ruler of Egypt?

• Pharaoh

• Sultan

• Emperor

• King

According to the photo what religious process did the ancient Egyptians practice?

• Mummification

• Cremation

• Burial at Sea

• Sky Burial