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FC Quiz 1
Fertile Crescent Quiz 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dialects | Local forms of language |
| hieroglyphics | The writing from Ancient Egypt |
| cuneiform | The writing from Sumer |
| Scribes | The people who wrote in Sumer and Egypt. |
| papyrus | What Egyptians wrote hieroglyphics on |
| clay | What Sumerians wrote cuneiform on. |
| Pharoah | the leader of Ancient Egypt |
| majority group | The group that controls most of the wealth and power |
| The vizier | the chief advisor to the leader of Ancient Egypt. |
| Slaves | had the least power in both Ancient Sumer and Egypt. |
| ziggurats. | The temples of Sumer |
| walls | these surrounded Sumerian city-states |
| Farmers and laborers | the largest social groups (by size) in Egypt and Sumer. |
| two floor | the homes of Wealthy Sumerians |
| one floor | the homes of most Sumerians |
| three ways people communicate | sounds, symbols, gestures |