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Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt

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  • Arco in English? This feature was invented in Mesopotamian cities.
    Arch
  • The word for worshipping more than one god
    Polytheism
  • Can you name one of the first city states?
    Ur, Uruk or Lagash
  • What were the first written laws called?
    The Hammurabi code ?
  • The Egyptian god of darkness
    Seth
  • What is the word for people who create things with their hands to sell?
    Artisans
  • Where did the first big urban civilisations appear?
    Mesopotamia
  • The place where the King lived
    Palace
  • Egypt was separated into two regions. What were they?
    Upper and Lower Egypt
  • Which ancient city state famous for its hanging gardens became an empire?
    Babylon
  • The lowest people in ancient cultures
    Slaves
  • Impuestos in English?
    Taxes
  • The method used by ancient civilisation to move water around fields.
    Irrigation
  • Egyptian word for Soul
    Ka
  • What part of Mesopotamia did the first city states appear?
    Sumer
  • What was the first empire?
    Akkadian Empire
  • What is the name of the people who work in a church? cura
    Priest
  • What did the Ancient Egyptians write on?
    Papyrus
  • What is the name of the large structures built in Ancient Egypt. Some of them still exist today
    Pyramids
  • A dry, arid land without much vegetation.
    Deserts
  • Egyptian God of wisdom
    Thoth
  • Cuinieform writing used pictures and symbols. True or False?
    True
  • The English word which means land capable of growing crops? (Begins with F)
    Fertile
  • What is the name of an Egyptian King/ Queen?
    Pharaoh
  • Cosecha. The time when farmers collect crops from the fields.
    Harvest
  • The name of the Egyptian afterlife
    Underworld
  • The first writing system was called cuneiform but what material was it written on? arcilla
    Clay
  • The part of the river that becomes covered by floods.
    Banks
  • Where is Ancient Mesopotamia today?
    Iraq
  • The two rivers which surrounded ancient Mesopotamia were the..
    Tigris and Euphrates
  • The Egyptian God of the dead
    Osiris
  • Early civilisations created this thing that we still use today. We use it to buy things. We receive it when we sell things
    Money
  • What invention ended the period Known as prehistory? (You are reading this invention right now)
    Writing
  • Egyptian god of the underworld
    Anubis
  • The Egyptian sun God
    Ra
  • The Egyptian process of preparing someone for the afterlife.
    Mummification
  • Pharaoh Cleopatra was closer to the building of the iphone than she was to the building of the Pyramids. True or False
    True
  • The most fearsome empire in ancient Mesopotamia
    The Assyrians
  • The Egyptians invented a thing we still use today. It has 365 important days.
    Calendar
  • A place where ancient people would go to worship gods
    Temple (Ziggurat)
  • The land around Mesopotamia was known as the fertile crescent? True or False?
    True
  • Can you name one crop from ancient Mesopotamia or Egypt?
    Wheat, Barley, Oats, Apples, Beans, Peas, Cucumber, Lettuce, Grapes, Melon
  • Which King invented the first written laws?
    Hammurabi
  • The Egyptians developed this important tool. It is taught in schools. It uses numbers
    Mathematics
  • What is the longest River in the world and the most important river in Ancient Egypt?
    The river Nile
  • What was the name of the first Akkadian King?
    Sargon of Akkad
  • cultivos in English
    Crops
  • Alma in English
    Soul
  • What is the name of the ancient Egyptian writing which used pictures and symbols?
    Hieroglyphics
  • What was the name of the first writing system?
    Cuneiform
  • The word for worshipping one god
    monotheism
  • What is the word used for temple in ancient Mesopotamia?
    Ziggurat
  • The last great Empire in Mesopotamia? Modern day Iran
    The Persian Empire
  • The name of the people in ancient Egypt who wrote things down?
    Scribes
  • A place where people are buried when they die
    Tomb
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