Agriculture in Mesopotamia
What is Silt?
A type of very fertile soil.
Who led the World's first empire?
Sargon.
What is the name of the farm tool Mesopotamians invented that cuts and turns over soil?
The Plow
Where did Mesopotamian people worship?
Ziggurats.
What is a code?
Why is Mesopotamia known as the Fertile Crescent?
It is shaped like a crescent and it is very easy to grow food there.
What is the word for "a city that is its own country"?
City State.
What is one advancement that helped Mesopotamian people trade?
Sail or Wheel.
What does polytheism mean?
Believing in multiple gods.
Why was it important that Hammuarbi's Code was displayed in public?
Everyone could know the laws.
What two things important for farming did the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers provide?
Silt and Fresh Water
What is a country ruled by a King or Queen called?
A Monarchy.
What did Mesopotamian people use clay tablets for?
To write cuneiform on.
How did the Mesopotamians believe nature was controlled?
They believed that nature was controlled by their many gods.
What writing system were the laws written in?
Cuneiform.
How did Mesopotamian farmers keep their crops alive during periods with no rain? (One Word)
Irrigation.
What is an empire?
When one country rules other countries.
What is metallurgy?
Mixing metals together to create new metals.
What did the Mesopotamian gods look like?
Humans.
What is one of Hammurabi's Laws?
Many acceptable answers.
How did Mesopotamian farmers get water from the rivers to their fields to water their crops?
Irrigation Canals
Appointing loyal people to lead each city he conquered.
What does irrigation mean?
How we water plants when it does not rain.
What is the name of one Mesopotamian God?
Many acceptable answers.
Why was it important that Hammurabi's code included penalties for each crime?
So that people who committed the same crime were punished the same way.