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28 Cards in this Set
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What was summer like in Mesopotamia?
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hot, drought-like
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Describe the summers in Egypt.
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hot, dry, drought-like
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Which of these is a characteristic of a civilization:
hunting weapons specialized jobs |
specialized jobs
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The library at Ninevah had books written on__________
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stone
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Cuneiform was used by these people.....
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ancient Mesopotamians
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Cuneiform is writng with wedge-shaped pages (T or F)
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False
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This was the the ruler of Uruk...
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Gilgamesh
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The name for a Sumerian pyramid.....
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ziggurat
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He ordered his laws to be written on a stone pillar...
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Hammurabi
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Define silt....
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fine particles of fertile soil deposited after a flood.
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He discovered the tomb of King Tut...
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Howard Carter
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This helped scholars figure out the meaning of hieroglyphics
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Rosetta Stone
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This was the Egyptian guide to the afterlife...
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Book of the Dead
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David replace this man as king of Israel....
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Saul
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Responsible for building a great temple in Jerusalem...
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Solomon
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Led the Israelites out of Egypt...
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Moses
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Describe the characterisitcs of a civilization....
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could be an essay question
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Describe the steps in the development of writing....
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could be another essay question
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Explain how the Nile River was important to Ancient Egypt....
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another essay possibility
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What is papyrus and how was it used by Ancient Egypt...
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maybe an essay
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Which Egyptian leader wore the fake beard?
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Hatshepsut
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Who found the Rosetta Stone?
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Jean-Francois Champollion
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Which is further north, Upper Egypt or Lower Egypt?
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Lower
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Which sea border Egypt on the north and which sea on the east?
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Med. Sea and Red Sea
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The best known of all the pharaohs...
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Tut
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Papyrus grows along the banks of....
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the Nile River
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Who had the slingshot, David, Goliath, Bob
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David
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What shape is a delta?
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triangular
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