Geography
Early civilizations settled near
What is river valleys?
What are the people of Sumer called?
What is Sumerians?
What is cuneiform?
What is writing in Mesopotamia?
What was cuneiform written on?
What are clay tablets?
What is the religion of Mesopotamia?
What is polytheism?
What is silt?
What is fertile soil from the floods?
What did the people of Sumer have for protection?
(2 responses- 1 man-made, 1 natural)
What are deserts and walls surrounding the city?
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What does the word "cuneiform" mean?
What is wedge-shaped writing?
What did scribes use to write on the clay tablets?
What are reeds? They would make a stylus to make markings on the tablet.
What are artians?
What is someone who specializes in making goods?
What did the people of Mesopotamia build to control the floods?
What are dams?
What are ziggurats?
What is a temple to worship the gods?
Why was astronomy important in Mesopotamia? (remember this is a study if the planets, stars, and space)
What is it helped them learn the best times to plant crops?
What is an important invention Sumerians used for transport and trade?
What are sailboats?
What are the major landforms around Mesopotamia?
What is deserts and seas?
Why was irrigation important?
What is it allowed the people of Mesopotamia to water the crops?
What were women's responsibilities in Sumer?
What is ran the house and took care of children?
Why are scribes important?
What is only a few people could read and write? They also recorded business dealings and important events.
What invention did Sumerians make for pottery and to transport goods?
What is the wheel?
What is the primary source of economy in Mesopotamia?
What is trade?
What are 2-3 other possible names for Mesopotamia?
What is the "land between 2 rivers", the Fertile Crescent, or the "cradle of civilization"?
How many levels are there in the social hierarchy and how is at each level?
What are 3 -nobles, craftsman, farmers/slaves?
Why is the Epic of Gilgamesh so historically important?
What is it is the oldest known story in the world?
2 part: What is polytheism and monotheism?
What is belief in many gods and the belief in one god?
What type of government do they have in Mesopotamia?
What is theocracy?