Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Geography
Short Answer
Short Answer
100
Define Cuneiform
world’s first system of writing
100
What vocabulary term means the worship of many gods
Polytheism
100
What location is marked by the letter B on the map?
Mesopotamia
100
A person who practiced polytheism in Mesopotamia would believe in how many gods?
Two or more gods
100
Which image shows an example of cuneiform?
B
200
Define Canals
waterways made by humans
200
What vocabulary terms means a pyramid-shaped temple tower
Ziggurat
200
What location is marked by the letter A on the map?
Fertile Crescent
200
Why is Hammurabi considered an important figure in world history?
He made one of the oldest written law codes.
200
What is the name of one of the oldest written stories in world history, which is about a superhuman king who fights demons for glory and wants to live forever?
Epic of Gilgamesh
300
Define Monarchy
type of government where a single king or queen rules a civilization
300
what vocabulary term means the method of supplying water to an area of land or crops
Irrigation
300
What physical feature is marked by the letter D?
Mediterranean Sea
300
Why is purple often associated with royalty in many civilizations?
Purple dye from sea snails was used in expensive clothing for royalty.
300
Many kings in Mesopotamia claimed that their authority over their people came from which source?
The Mesopotamian gods
400
Define Hammurabi's Code
a famous collection of 282 written laws that governed Babylonian society
400
What vocabulary word means a political unit with a city and the surrounding area
City-state
400
What physical feature is marked by the letter C?
Persian Gulf
400
Name one of the projects ordered by Darius I to improve the Persian Empire?
Royal Road, standardized currency, dividing government into 20 provinces that were each ruled by satraps, and affordable tributes.
400
Which group of people were the first to build city-states in Mesopotamia and live in the Fertile Crescent?
The Sumerians
500
Define Fertile Crescent
large region of rich farmland near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea
500
what vocabulary word means a society, culture, and way of life in a particular region
Civilization
500
What physical features are marked by the letters E and F on the map?
E: Tigris River
F: Euphrates River
500
Which leader founded the largest empire in the Fertile Crescent during ancient history?
Cyrus the Great
500
List the appearance of the civilizations around Mesopotamia in chronological order.
Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Phoenicians, Persians