Mesopotamia Geography
Much of Mesopotamia is located in this modern day country
Iraq
Growing plants for human use
Agriculture
Sumerians built these pyramid-like temples in the middle of their city-states
Ziggurats
The word Paleolithic means this
Old Stone Age
What fruit do raisins come from?
Grapes
The names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia
Tigris & Euphrates
Belief in more than one god
Polytheism
Name of the man who created the famous "eye for an eye" law code in ancient Babylon
Hammurabi
The word Neolithic means this
New Stone Age
How many nickels are in $2.00
40
Mesopotamia is located on this continent
Asia
Fertile soil, usually found along a river
Silt
Name of the man from Akkadia who created the world's first empire
Sargon
The continent on which historians believe modern humans originated
Africa
What do you call a baby goat?
A kid
Land between the rivers
A government led by a king or queen
Monarchy
Name of the group of people who conquered Mesopotamia around 550 BC and put an "end" to ancient Mesopotamia
Persians
Someone who does not have a permanent home and wanders from place to place
Nomad
Scoring 38,387 points, this man has scored the most points in NBA history
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into this body of water
Persian Gulf
The region of the Middle East that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations
Fertile Crescent
The year that the Sumerian civilizations started as independent city-states
3500 BC
What were Neolithic deities based on?
Nature
Sherlock Holmes