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 were central temples

Mesopotamia

8. Had a social hierarchy

Both

9. Ruled by a pharaoh

Egypt

10. Cuneiform Writing

Mesopotamia

11. Built with stone

Egypt

12. Weighing of the heart after death

Egypt

13. Wrote on papyrus

Egypt

14. Pyramids as tombs

Egypt

15. Part of the Fertile Crescent

Mesopotamia

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. Strong belief in the Afterlife

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

arch

Mesopotamia

*BONUS (2 pts!)35. King Narmer united

Egypt