Geography
What are the two river that run through Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is Hammurabi's Code?
First system of laws
What is bartering?
Trading or Exchanging goods
Why did the Sumerians need to move down to the river plains?
Land around the mountains was too tough to farm
What is Cuneiform?
First System of Writing
What does the rivers do each year that deposit rich soil called silt?
Floods
How many laws did Hammurabi write?
282 laws
What is job specialization?
Focusing on a specific job
What is irrigation?
System of bringing water to the fields
What is a ziggurat?
A temple or place of worship in Mesopotamia
How did the Tigris and Euphrates rivers negatively affect the Mesopotamian people?
True/False: The Kings in Mesopotamia had absolute power (control over everything)
True
What were the coins called in Mesopotamia?
Shekels
How did the Sumerians protect their cities?
Constructing Walls around the city
What invention led to the development of modern day farming practices?
The Plow
Explain how the Mesopotamians changed their environment to farm in the Fertile Crescent?
Built irrigation systems to control the rivers flooding
What was the lasting impact of Hammurabi's Code?
It influenced the modern system of laws
How does a central location, helped trade in Mesopotamia?
Other civilizations had to travel through Mesopotamia increasing trade
What the geographical problems did the Early Sumerians face that led to the develop of large cities in Sumer.
Lack of Farmland
Uncontrolled Flooding
Clogged Irrigations Systems
What invention influenced our modern day system of measuring time?
The Base 60 System
Explain how flat lands and few mountains impacted the people of Mesopotamia?
Provided little protection from invasions
How were the laws in Mesopotamia more advanced than previous civilizations?
They gave some rights to women
What is a subsistence economy?
The Sumerians believed the gods controlled everything. How could this impact their daily lives?
A. They only worshiped one god
B. They tried to keep the gods happy
C. They did not build temples to worship them
D. The Kings were in charge of the religion
B. They tried to keep the gods happy
Explain how the wheel changed society?