Egypt vs. Mesopotamia Drill
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Transcript of Egypt vs. Mesopotamia Drill
Egypt vs. Mesopotamia Drill
Write “E” for Egypt, “M” for Mesopotamia or “B” if it applies to both Egypt and
Mesopotamia
1. Mummified the dead
Egypt
2. Deserts tended to protect from invaders
Egypt
3. Hieroglyphic Writing
Egypt
4. Primary building material was clay
Mesopotamia
5. 1st to develop the wheel
Mesopotamia
6. Primary means of subsistence was
farming
Both
7. Ziggurats
Mesopotamia
8. Had a social hierarchy
Both
9. Ruled by a pharaoh
Egypt
10. Cuneiform Writing
Mesopotamia
11. Built with stone
Egypt
12. Worship of Sun god, Re
Egypt
13. Wrote on papyrus
Egypt
14. Pyramids as tombs
Egypt
15. Monarchy
Both
16. River(s) followed predictable cycle of flooding
Egypt
17. Home of the only remaining natural wonder of the ancient
world
Egypt
18. River bank(s) provided fertile soil
Both
19. Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Mesopotamia
20. Gods included Osiris and Isis
Egypt
21. Theocratic government
Both
22. Developed along river(s)
Both
23. Nile River
Egypt
24. Afterlife anticipated as good
Egypt
25. Code of Hammurabi
Mesopotamia
26. Had slavery
Both
27. Had scribes
Both
28. Early independent city-states
Mesopotamia
29. Book of the Dead
Egypt
30. Rosetta Stone
Egypt
31. Polytheistic
Both
32. Mostly in modern day Iraq
Mesopotamia
33. “Ka”
Egypt
*BONUS (2 pts!)34. Developed the
archMesopotamia
*BONUS (2 pts!)35. King Narmer united
Egypt