WHICH TWO LAND FEATURES GAVE MESOPOTAMIA ITS NAME?
What is THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVER
100
WHY DID CITY-STATES FIGHT EACH OTHER FOR FARMLAND?
What is EACH CITY STATE WANTED TO HAVE ENOUGH FARMLAND TO GROW FOOD.
100
WHICH IS THE BEST DESCRIBES CUNEIFORM?
What is A FORM OF WRITING USING WEDGE SHAPED SYMBOLS.
100
WHAT TECHNOLOGY DID THE HITTITES AND ASSYRIANS USE IN BATTLE?
What is IRON WEAPONS AND CHARIOTS.
100
THE WORSHIP OF MANY GODS
What is POLYTHEISM
200
WHAT IS THE BEST EXPLANATION FOR WHY MESOPOTAMIANS BUILT CANALS?
What is THEY NEEDED TO CONTROL THE RIVERS FLOW AND THEY NEEDED A WAY TO CONTROL FLOODING. EITHER ONE WOULD WORK!
200
WHAT DID SARGON'S EMPIRE HAVE IN COMMON WITH OTHER MESOPOTAMIAN CITY STATES?
What is THEY FOUGHT WITH SURROUNDING CITY-STATES.
200
THE KING KNOWN AS ______________BECAME A LEGENDARY FIGURE IN SUMERIAN LITERATURE. THINK EPIC OF.......
WHO IS GILGAMESH
200
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADE AND THE SPREAD OF THE PHOENICIAN ALPHABET?
What is THE PHOENICIAN ALPHABET SPREAD ALONG THEIR TRADE ROUTES.
200
PICTURE SYMBOLS USED FOR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION?
KEY WORD: PICTURE...
What is PICTOGRAPHS
300
A LARGE ARC OF FARMLAND
What is THE FERTILE CRESCENT
300
WHO SERVED AS A LINK BETWEEN THE SUMERIANS AND THE GODS?
What is PRIESTS
300
SUMERIAN CITY CENTERS WERE DOMINATED BY (ANOTHER NAME FOR A ZIGGURAT?
What is TEMPLES.
300
THE RESOURCE FOR WHICH PHOENICIA WAS WELL KNOWN WAS
What is CEDAR WOOD
300
LONG POEMS THAT TELL THE STORY OF A HERO?
What is EPICS
400
A WAY OF SUPPLYING WATER TO AN AREA OF LAND IS
What is IRRIGATION
400
WHAT WAS MOST LIKELY THE REASON THAT THE ZIGGURATS WERE SO TALL?
What is TO HONOR THE GODS.
400
SUMERIANS USED SHARP__________ TO MAKE SYMBOLS ON CLAY TABLETS.
What is REEDS
400
HAMMURABI AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR BOTH
A. BUILT BEAUTIFUL PALACES
B. USED CHARIOTS IN BATTLE
C. CAPTURED PHOENICIA
D. BUILT UP BABYLON
What is D. BUILT UP BABYLON
400
A RULER OF A KINGDOM OR EMPIRE
What is an Emperor
500
LOCATED IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
What is RURAL
500
A DIVISION OF SOCIETY BY RANK OR CLASS
What is A SOCIAL HEIRARCHY
500
TRUE OR FALSE... SUMERIANS DEVELOPED A MATH SYSTEM BASED ON THE NUMBER 100.
What is FALSE
500
THE ARMY OF ____________ (SARGON I/KISH) DEFEATED ALL THE CITY-STATES OF SUMER AND CONQUERED NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA.
THE CITY-STATE OF __________________ ROSE TO POWER AFTER THE DEATH OF SARGON I.