River Valley Civilization: Egypt

Question 1

Egypt

Answer 1

• river valley civilization
• around Nile river (flooding was predictable)
• Egyptians were isolated
• Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
• ruled by pharaoh (looked at as god-like, word was law)
• centralized
• polytheistic
• mummification (belief in after-life)
• pyramids (reflect social class)
• hieroglyphics
• gender (status of women continued to decline, but still had a higher social status then other cities) (Queen Hatshepsut)
• agriculture was more sustainable (work favorably with environment)

Question 2

Mesopotamian

Answer 2

• Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Syrians, Sumerians
• people had to dig artificial canals to water crops
• deforestation and erosion
• agriculture slowly declined

Question 3

Egypt vs Mesopotamia

Answer 3

• both agricultural technology
• both city living
• both gender inequalities
• both growing government
• Egypt: rural, predictable flooding, benevolent gods,
• Mesopotamia: unpredictable flooding, violent environment, harsh and vengeful gods,

Question 4

Old Kingdom

Answer 4

• 3100 BC - 2500 BC

- time pyramids were built

Question 5

Middle Kingdom

Answer 5

• 2100 BC - 1650 BC

- contact with Nubians to the south

Question 6

New Kingdom

Answer 6

• 1550 BC - 700 BC

- expansion of Egypt

Question 7

Mesoamerica

Answer 7

• step-pyramids

- script writing

Question 8

heavy rapids, deserts to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea all contributed to the _____ of the Egyptian River Civilization

Answer 8

• isolation

Question 9

which of the follow was NOT a shared characteristic of both the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations?

Answer 9

• stable flood patterns of the rivers

Question 10

one of the main differences between the Egyptians’ river valley civilization and the Mesopotamians’ was __________

Answer 10

• the Egyptians had a centralized government and the Mesopotamians did not

Question 11

the three major time periods of the Egyptian river civilization were _______, _________, and _______ kingdoms

Answer 11

• the old, middle, new

Question 12

the Egyptian practice of mummification is evidence of ______________

Answer 12

• belief in afterlife

Question 13

which progression of events best explains the decrease in agriculture in Mesopotamian civilization?

Answer 13

• deforestation, irrigation, soil erosion, decreased crop yields

Question 14

which of the following was NOT an effect of the predictable flooding of the Nile River?

Answer 14

• increased conflict and competition