True or False: Mesopotamia developed human civilization because people no longer were hunter gatherers, but instead learned to farm in the silt-rich soil.
100
Culture
What feature of civilization are religion, language, and artwork?
100
The wheel.
This invention permitted the Sumerians to use carts, wagons, and plows.
100
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
What is the phrase that reminds us of the Code of Hammurabi?
200
False. Ocean mountains are landforms.
True or False: Mountains in the ocean are examples of absolute location.
200
The Land Between two Rivers
What does the name "Mesopotamia" mean?
200
Communication
Cuneiform is an example of what feature of a civilization?
200
The potter's wheel
This device was invented by the Sumerians, so they could mold clay into pots and water containers.
200
Otzi
What is the name given to the stone-age man found in the Austro-Hungarian Alps?
300
Climate
Patterns of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.
300
Tigris and Euphrates
What two rivers surrounded Mesopotamia?
300
Government
In the US, our current election is an example of what feature of a civilization?
300
silt
What made the soil in the Fertile Crescent rich for farming?
300
He discovered King Tut's tomb
Who is Howard Carter?
400
A fossil
You are working in the mountains of the American west, and uncover bones of a mastodon. What have you just discovered?
400
False
True or False: the Sumerians of Mesopotamia were the only group of humans that learned to make medicine out of plants.
400
Doctors, lawyers, teachers, nurses, plumbers, masons, artists, etc.
What is an example of Division of Labor?
400
Polytheistic
The Sumerians worshipped many gods; what kind of faith is this? Polytheistic or Monotheistic?
400
a ziggurat
What is a pyramid-shaped temple in Mesopotamia?
500
The study of Earth's physical and cultural features.
What is Geography?
500
Modern-day Iraq
What modern-day country is in the same area as Mesopotamia was thousands of years ago?
500
They are methods of communication used by different civilizations.
What do books, papyrus and clay tablets have in common?
500
Cuneiform
What is the name given to Sumerian writing?
500
False. The Code of Hammurabi was designed to ensure fair treatment of disputes and fair punishment for crimes.
True or False: Hammurabi enacted 282 laws that ensured that all Sumerians received a fair education and had a chance to get a well-paying job.