Mesopotamian

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Mesopotamian Egyptian Vocabulary Challenge

• Submitted by C. Stephen Ingraham

CSI08
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• An extra supply.
• a) social class b) annex
• c) Surplus d) innovation.

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• Any change of fertile land into desert, whether
  caused by climate or human actions.
• desertification b) heiroglyphics
• c) cuneiform d) edicts

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• The exchange of one good or service for
• a) Covenant b) Barter
• c) Annex d) Obelisk

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• The use of tools and skills to make a product or
  achieve a goal.
• Invention b) Innovation
• c) Technology d) Ziggurat.

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• The commands or directions of a monarch or one in
  authority.
• desertification b) heiroglyphics
• c) cuneiform d) edicts

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• A person who buys and sells goods for a living
• a) Merchant b) Scribe
• c) City-state d) Peasant.

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An Egyptian King. a) a monarch b) an
emperor c) a caliph d) a pharaoh
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A tomb for a dead Egyptian ruler or noble. a)
pyramid b) papyrus c) peasants d) pharaoh.
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• A land of many conquered people and places
  governed by one ruler.
• a) authority b) monarch
• c) empire d) emperor

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• A huge mud-brick temple found in the middle of
  each Mesopotamian city-state.
• a) Invention b) Innovation
• c) Technology d) Ziggurat.

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A series of Egyptian rulers from the same
family. a) a monarch b) an emperor c) a caliph
d) a dynasty
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• A person who knows how to read and write.
• a) untouchable b) peasant
• c) monarch d) scribe.

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• To take over the land of others.
• a) Covenant b) Barter
• c) Conquer d) Colony

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• The right to rule. a) social class b)
  authority c) extra supply
• d) pyramid.

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• A government which has one person with complete
  right to rule in peacetime and in war.
• a) Civilization b) Pharaoh
• c) Monarchy d) Scribe.

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A dead body which has been preserved. a)
pyramid b) obelisk c) mummy d) pharaoh.
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Small fine bits of rock and soil. a) annex b)
obelisk c) desertification d) silt
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• The belief in many supreme beings or gods.
• a) Torah b) Monotheism c) Polytheism
• d) Covenant.

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To take over or conquer. a) pyramid b)
obelisk c) annex d) statue.
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• The religion of the Jewish people.
• a) Islam b) Judaism c) obelisk
• d) money economy

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• Complete freedom.
• independence b) obelisk c) annex d) statue.

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The Egyptian people who farmed the land. a)
pyramid b) papyrus c) peasants d) pharaoh.
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A group of buyers and sellers working together.
a) trading network b) obelisk c) money economy
d) dynasty
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• A new way of doing things.
• a) Invention b) Innovation c) Technology d)
  Ziggurat.

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• A culture with well developed forms of
  government, religion, writing, and learning.
• a) civilization b) papyrus
• c) monarchy d) trading network.

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• Groups within a civilization with different
  levels of importance.
• a) Castes b) Pyramids
• c) City-states d) Social classes.

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• A city or village and the farm lands around it
  with its own leaders and government.
• a) Pyramid b) Government
• c) City-state d) Social classes.

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• The Egyptian picture writing system.
• desertification b) heiroglyphics
• c) cuneiform d) edicts

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• The first five books of the Bible of the
  Israelites.
• a) The Code of Hammurabi
• b) the Ten Commandments
• c) Edicts d) Torah

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• An organized system that groups use to make laws
  and decisions. a) Trading Network
• b) Government c) City-state d) Social
  classes.

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An ancient monument consisting of a single
pillar of stone. a) pyramid b) obelisk c)
annex d) statue.
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• An economic system based on the use of money
  rather than on barter.
• a) cultural diffusion b) Judaism
• c) Taxation d) money economy

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A paper like material. a) pyramid b)
papyrus c) peasants d) pharaoh.
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• The support of a government where people were
  required to pay taxes in crops or other goods
  they produced.
• a) cultural diffusion b) peasants c)
  taxation d) money economy

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• The spreading of new ideas to other places.
• a) cultural diffusion
• b) Judaism c) taxation
• d) money economy

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• An agreement.
• a) Covenant b) Edict
• c) Conquer d) Colony

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• A settlement separated from, but under the
  control of, a home country.
• a) City-State b) Annex
• c) Conquer d) Colony

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• A set of laws for responsible Jewish behavior.
• a) The Code of Hammurabi
• b) the Ten Commandments
• c) Edicts d) Torah

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• A collection of 282 laws that dealt with almost
  every aspect of Mesopotamian life.
• a) The Code of Hammurabi
• b) the Ten Commandments
• c) Edicts d) Torah

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• Fair treatment under the law within each social
  class.
• a) The Code of Hammurabi
• c) the Ten Commandments
• b) Dynasty d) Torah

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To tell ahead of time. a) desertification b)
predict c) cuneiform d) edicts
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• The belief in one supreme being or god.
• a) Torah b) Monotheism c) Polytheism
• d) Covenant.

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• The ruler of an empire. a) authority
• b) monarch c) empire d) emperor