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Worksheets(U1) Ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The way people organize elements of their culture, science, art, language, etc.
Civilization
Government
Habitat
Socialization
Ancient Egypt believed in multiple gods/goddesses, including the ruling Pharaoh (God-King). This is called...
Monotheism
Polytheism
Multitheism
Partial Theism
What was the early writing form of ancient Mesopotamia?
Handruidic
Cuneiform
Cotteric
Hieroglyphic
What was the writing system of ancient Egypt?
Cuneiform
Cyrillic
Hieroglyphic
Hadarantti
A family, group, or government ruled by a man or group of men.
Patriarchy
Matriarchy
Satriarchy
Oligarchy
Zoroastrianism (the religion of early Mesopotamia) and Judaism (the ancestor of Christianity) are examples of....
Monotheistic religions
Polytheistic religions
Older religions
Extinct religions
Which of the following was the purpose of the construction of the Great Pyramids?
A landmark to represent Egypt's power
A tomb for the great God-King Pharaohs
Markers for interstellar travel
Landmarks for ships at sea
Ancient Egyptian religion was POLYTHEISTIC. Which of the following was NOT one of their gods/goddesses?
Isis
Osiris
Horace
Nike
What did Egypt and Sumer(Mesopotamia) NOT have in common?
Owned slaves
Created writing systems
Mummified their dead
Traded with each other
Built their civilizations near great rivers
The Ancient Sumerians (Mesopotamians) helped to invent all of the following EXCEPT?
The wheel
The plow
Early Mathematics
Cuneiform writing system
ALL of the above are correct
The ancient Mesopotamian (Sumerian) legal system was a set of laws set out in the Code of Hammurabi (1760 BCE).
Out of all 282 codes, which of the following was NOT a type of existing law?
Patriarchal Rule & Law (Superior position of men in society)
Violent consequences (i.e., cutting off of hands for those convicted of stealing)
Few legal or civil rights for the enslaved class
Women had the right to hold official royal office
Both Egyptian heiroglyphics and Sumerian(Mesopotamian) cuneiform are artifacts demonstrating that...
Many early civilizations creating unique writing systems, separate from one another
Pictographs were much easier to use than cuneiform symbols
Languages were most likely very easy to learn and teach
NONE of the above are correct
