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Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt Study Guide This assessment will be mostly focused on Ancient Egypt and comparing Ancient Egypt to Ancient Mesopotamia. The questions mostly focused on Mesopotamia were given inclass last week before we began Egypt. Please remember that we have studied all of this in class and will spend several days reviewing… this should not require tons and tons of studying at home :) Making a Venn diagram, drawing vocabulary words, and retelling stories are great ways to study for this assessment. **For 10 points extra credit, students may create a Venn diagram comparing Ancient Egypt and Ancient Mesopotamia, due the day of the test** Vocabulary: Trade to exchange goods Scribes people whose job it is to write things down Religion the belief in and worship of a superhuman, controlling power such as God or gods Caravan a traveling group **many students have struggled with this word, please work on multiple examples of this word when you are studying (i.e. a caravan can be a group of people with wagons, camels, vehicles, etc.) Flooding water covering an area that is usually dry Heiroglyphics pictures or shapes used to stand for something else Pyramid a structure with triangular sides Sphinx an imaginary creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human Pharaoh king or ruler of Ancient Egypt Archaeologist a scientist who studies the way people lived in the past Symbols pictures or shapes used to stand for something else Specific a clear example of something (i.e. room 311 is a specific classroom in our school) Visible able to be seen Tradition a special belief or way of doing something that hasn’t changed over the years Similarities things in common Images of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia: The Great Sphinx The Great Pyramids of Giza Pharaoh Tutankhamen (“King Tut”) burial mask The Code of Hammurabi Cuneiform Tablet The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt Study Guide  

This assessment will be mostly focused on Ancient Egypt and comparing Ancient Egypt to Ancient Mesopotamia.  The questions mostly focused on Mesopotamia were given in­class last week before we began Egypt.  Please remember that we have studied all of this in class and will spend several days 

reviewing… this should not require tons and tons of studying at home :)  Making a Venn diagram, drawing vocabulary words, and retelling stories are great ways to study for this assessment. 

 **For 10 points extra credit, students may create a Venn diagram comparing Ancient Egypt and 

Ancient Mesopotamia, due the day of the test** Vocabulary: Trade ­ to exchange goods Scribes ­ people whose job it is to write things down Religion ­ the belief in and worship of a superhuman, controlling power such as God or gods Caravan ­  a traveling group **many students have struggled with this word, please work on multiple examples of this word when you are studying (i.e. a caravan can be a group of people with wagons, camels, vehicles, etc.) Flooding ­ water covering an area that is usually dry Heiroglyphics ­ pictures or shapes used to stand for something else Pyramid ­ a structure with triangular sides Sphinx ­ an imaginary creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human Pharaoh ­ king or ruler of Ancient Egypt Archaeologist ­ a scientist who studies the way people lived in the past Symbols ­ pictures or shapes used to stand for something else Specific ­ a clear example of something (i.e. room 311 is a specific classroom in our school) Visible ­ able to be seen Tradition ­ a special belief or way of doing something that hasn’t changed over the years Similarities ­ things in common  Images of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia: 

 ­ The Great Sphinx   ­ The Great Pyramids of Giza 

 ­ Pharaoh Tutankhamen (“King Tut”) burial mask    ­ The Code of Hammurabi

 ­ Cuneiform Tablet    ­ The Hanging Gardens of Babylon 

 Civilizations Chart:  

  Mesopotamia Asia, Tigris and Euphrates 

Rivers 

Egypt Africa, Nile River 

farming  were able to farm in the desert due to annual flooding of the Euphrates river, dug canals to bring water from the river to their farms, traded crops by traveling in boats on the canals  

were able to farm in the desert due to annual flooding of the Nile river, built farms close to the river which was also dangerous due to flood damage, traded crops by traveling in boats on the river 

cities  Babylon was the most famous city with golden statues and streets of stone, built a large wall around the city, famous for the Hanging Gardens built by King Nebuchadnezzar  

had many cities all along the Nile, many popped up near pyramid building sites, ones nearest to the river in danger of flooding each year 

writing  developed system called cuneiform which was written on clay tablets 

developed system called heiroglyphics which was written on stone, wood, and papyrus paper 

leaders  leaders were called kings, two most famous leaders were King Hammurabi (famous for the Code of Hammurabi) and King Nebuchadnezzar (famous for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon) 

leaders were called pharaohs and were considered gods, many pharaohs built great monuments to themselves as tombs (Great Pyramids of Giza, Great Sphinx) Pharaoh Hatshepsut famous for being the first woman pharaoh, Pharaoh Tutankhamun famous for his tomb and treasures discovered by Howard Carter 

religion  polytheistic religion, ziggurats with temples on top in each city and only priests/kings allowed inside 

polytheistic religion, pharaohs were considered gods, temples for each god/goddess in each city, believed in afterlife (“The Beautiful West”) where they would need treasures and food 

       

 

  

  


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