vocabulary
geography
Road to civilization
Sumerian inventions
Kings and leaders
100
They were members of the upper class
What are kings and priests?
100
the eastern-most river in Iraq
What is the Tigris River?
100
What means having more than enough?
What is surplus?
100
This invention allowed farmers to plant more crops in loose soil?
What is a plow?
100
King of first empire
Who is Sargon?
200
a scientist who studies artifacts and fossils.
What is an archaeologist?
200
This body of water joins the Arabian Sea and the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is the Persian Gulf?
200
These people became government officials because of their skill in writing.
What are scribes?
200
This Sumerian invention had wedge-shaped characters.
What is cuneiform?
200
This leader is known for influencing later codes of law
Who is Hammurabi?
300
the age when it was discovered how to mix copper and tin
What is the Bronze Age?
300
This country has a civil war going on in it presently.
What is Syria?
300
What is the natural step on the Road to Civilization that people take after they are living together in cities and villages to keep the peace and manage the people?
What is government?
300
These inventions allowed the Assyrians to be fierce warriors.
What are iron weapons?
300
This king from Babylon is known for the beautiful hanging gardens he had built.
Who is King Nebechadnezzar?
400
The name of the Sumerian writing system
What is cuneiform?
400
What four countries border the Mediterranean Sea?
What are Turkey, Lebanon, Israel and Egypt?
400
What is the natural step on the Road to Civilization that people take after they are living together in cities and villages to keep the peace and manage the people?
What is government?
400
Trade flourished on the rivers because of this invention.
What is a sailboat?
400
These were probably war heroes.
Who are the first Sumerian kings?
500
This influenced the laws of later societies
What is Hammurabi's Code?
500
The tiny, island country in the Persian Gulf?
What is Bahrain?
500
more children live to adulthood, fewer people starve, a more organized society and possibility of growth of trade
What are pros of an agricultural society?
500
This is a mixture of tin and copper.
What is bronze?
500
These people captured Babylon in 539B.C. and made Mesopotamia part of their new empire.
Wh0 are the Persians?
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