NAME: ______________________________
DATE: _____________________________
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Unit 1 Exam Review Sheet
Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
Key Terms/People: Please review all the terms from this unit.
-Mesopotamia
-Middle East (Iraq)
-Fertile Crescent
-Tigris and Euphrates
-Hammurabi/Hammurabi’s Code
-stele
-Sumer/Sumerians
-natron
-mummification
-canopic jars
-Goddess Ma’at
-Book of the Dead
-Howard Carter
-King Tut
-Cuneiform
-city-state
-Epic of Gilgamesh
-Phoenician alphabet
-ziggurats
-polytheistic
-social pyramid
-the Nile
-delta
-cataracts
-Nile Delta
-“soul of Egypt”, “gifts of the Nile”
-oasis
-Mediterranean Sea
-Red Sea
-Eastern Desert
-Western Desert
-Black Land
-Red Land
-Upper Egypt
-Lower Egypt
-pyramid
-pharaoh
-dynasty
-kingdom (Old, Middle, New)
-Menes
-hieroglyphics
-Rosetta Stone
-vizier
-scribes
-papyrus
-absolute power
Essential Questions: Please review your essential questions from this unit . Practice answering them.
1) How did geography contribute to the development of civilizations?
-How did the Nile River impact development in Egypt?
-How did the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers impact development in Mesopotamia?
2) What was the impact of Hammurabi’s Code on
Babylonian society?
3) What factors played a role in how civilizations developed and advanced?
4) In what ways did Egypt and Mesopotamia differ from one another? (Compare the civilizations).
-Analyze the similarities and differences of life in Egypt and Mesopotamia.

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Concepts: Fill in the blank (1 pt. each)
*Use some of your key terms from the list above.
1. __________________________ allows humans to describe things abstractly, precisely and in great detail.
2. __________________________ is responsible for instituting the first written code of laws.
3. __________________________ is a rectangular temple built of clay in Sumer; first example of a pyramid.
4. The earliest form of writing developed by the Sumerians is called __________________________.
5. Ancient Egypt grew along the __________________________.
6. During the Old Kingdom (the oldest time period of Ancient Egypt), Egypt was separated into
_______________________ and _______________________.
7. Archeologists have discovered that there were three major kingdom periods during Ancient Egyptian civilization: __________________________, __________________________, and
__________________________.
8. The Ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods, which means they were __________________________.
9. The __________________________ were thought to be close to the gods.
10. __________________________ were advisors to the Pharaohs.
11. During the Old Kingdom, Upper and Lower Egypt were separated until __________________________ conquered Lower Egypt and united the two kingdoms.
12. __________________________ is what we call Ancient Egyptian writing, and the key to decoding this writing was the __________________________.
13. There are over 80 __________________________still standing today as a testament to Egyptian architecture.
14. __________________________ is the process Ancient Egyptians used to preserve the body for the afterlife.
15. The New Kingdom began after invaders, who introduced chariots and bronze weapons, from Western Asia called the_________________; conquered and ruled Egypt for a period of about 100 years.
16. Ancient Egyptians discovered __________________________which is a reed that grew along the Nile and allowed them to record their form of writing; hieroglyphics.
17. ___________________ is one of the most celebrated Ancient Egyptian archeological finds as he was not buried in a pyramid but rather discovered in the Valley of the Kings.
18. During the New Kingdom, one of the great rulers was __________________; she was the first woman to rule Egypt.

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19. The first set of recorded laws was produced in Mesopotamia by __________________________.
20. The first large city to form in Mesopotamia was ______________________.
21. __________________________ means to have total power.
22. __________________________ is the process Egyptians used to preserve the body from decay for the afterlife.
23. __________________________ united Upper and Lower Egypt.
24. __________________________ was discarded during the mummification process as it was thought to be an unimportant part of the body.
Getting Organized: Use the following graphic organizers to help you organize your information.
Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom
Date?
What were the most important achievements?
Compare and contrast the geography of Egypt to that of Mesopotamia.
Both Egypt Mesopotamia