Geschiedenis

Question 1

Mesopotamia

Answer 1

Fertile area in the middle east, greek for “land between the rivers”

Question 2

Silt

Answer 2

Soil that is carried by running water, such as rivers it can make grown fertile

Question 3

Irrigation

Answer 3

Artificial way to spread water across farmland to make it fertile

Question 4

Agricultural surplus

Answer 4

When farmers produce more food thank they can eat

Question 5

Craft

Answer 5

The skill of making things by hand

Question 6

Craftsmen

Answer 6

People who make products with their hands and tools

Question 7

Bartering

Answer 7

Exchanging goods or services in exchange for other goods or services

Question 8

Cities

Answer 8

Large towns

Question 9

Civils

Answer 9

A highly developed society

Question 10

Agricultural urban society

Answer 10

Society in which the majority of people live as farmers, while the minority live in cities

Question 11

Sumerian

Answer 11

Relating to sumer, an ancient region of what is now Iraq

Question 12

Cuneiform

Answer 12

Sumerian way of writing with symbols and lines

Question 13

Hieroglyphs

Answer 13

Egyptian form of writing in which drawings are used instead of letters

Question 14

Papyrus

Answer 14

A plant; the stems of this plant were used to write on

Question 15

Rosetta stone

Answer 15

Tablet which was used to decipher Egyptian writing

Question 16

Scribe

Answer 16

Someone who writes down laws and taxes for the government

Question 17

Civil servents

Answer 17

People who work for the government

Question 18

Taxes

Answer 18

Money or goods that people must pay to the king or government

Question 19

Lingua franca

Answer 19

Language used by different people along with their own language, to communicate in trade and diplomacy

Question 20

Delta

Answer 20

When a river flows into the sea, it spreads into smaller rivers and forms islands and wetlands

Question 21

Lower Egypt

Answer 21

The norther part of Egypt

Question 22

Upper Egypt

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The southern part of Egypt; this area is called ‘upper’ Egypt because the land is higher

Question 23

Dynasty

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Line of rulers from the same family

Question 24

Subjects

Answer 24

People who live in a country ruled by a king

Question 25

Social pyramid

Answer 25

A way of showing different in power, wealth and influence of people with in a country

Question 26

Polytheistic

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Religion based on multiple gods

Question 27

Monotheistic

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Religion based on one God

Question 28

Mummified

Answer 28

When a body is preserved after death; the Egyptians did this on purpose

Question 29

Sarcophagus

Answer 29

Coffin in the shape of the decease
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Question 30

Book of the dead

Answer 30

Bundle of texts that were given to Egyptians when they died; it was used to help them reach the afterlife

Question 31

Pyramids

Answer 31

Large stone structures, built to help deceased pharaohs reach the afterlife

Question 32

Valley of the kings

Answer 32

Series of tombs that are cut out of the mountains as Graves of pharaohs

Question 33

Tutankhamun

Answer 33

A pharaoh that became famous after his grave was discovered in perfect order