Ancient Civilization Matching 

Match the terms with their definitions. 

Name ____________________________

Date _____________________________

A sudden overthrow of government usually by a small military group.   

The system of government in Roman culture where only the wealthy and well respected were allowed to vote and hold office.  

Organized games in Greek culture that improved physical fitness and endurance.  

An Egyptian ruler.  

A slab of black stone that contains two languages (Egyptian and Greek) written in three different scripts.  

Symbolic picture writing.  

An ancient civilization that was known for its well-structured temples and settled in what is now Iraq southwest of Baghdad.

An ancient civilization that is known for inventing the windmill and settled in what is now Iran. 

An ancient civilization that was known for their agriculture and settled in the lower part of Iraq.  

An ancient civilization of great navigators that left their alphabet on the western world and settled in what is now Syria, Lebanon, and northern Israel.

a. hieroglyphics 

b. Persian 

c. Olympic Games 

d. Sumerian 

e. coup d'etat 

f. Phoenician 

g. republic 

h. Pharaoh 

i. Rosetta Stone 

j. Babylonian 

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