Characteristics
What characteristic involves rules, leadership, and protection?
Government and Laws
What is a characteristic?
A trait
True or False: Government and Laws involve protection
True
ASCLIO ECYARIRH
What is the title for people who rise animals?
Pastoralists
What characteristic involves beliefs, hope, and unity?
Organized Religion
What is Monarchy?
A form of government in which a King or Queen rules.
True or False: A Ziggurate is used as a place of worship
True
HOYANCRM
Monarchy
Why was Mesopatiamia such a good area for growing crops?
It was in the fertile cresent, and area inbetween three rivers. They flooded, which deposited rich soil, got rid of some pests, and made the soil soft and easy to farm.
What characteristic involves communication, records, and rules?
A System of Writing
What is a Social Hierachy?
A system of social orginization in which some individuals enjoy a higher social status.
True or False: A Monarch is a god
False, a Monarch is a king or queen.
ISTCARATRH
Characteristic
Beside the ruler, who had the highest positon in social hierarchy.
Priests
What characteristic involves order and the strength of the city/communtity?
Social System
What is a Theocracy?
A system of government in which priests rule in the name of a god or gods.
True or False: The writing system used by Egyptians was called Cuneiform.
False. Cuneiform was the writing system used by the Mesopatimians.
IMSIEHYOTP
Polytheism
Which river(s) is most often associated with Mesopotamia?
Tigris and/or Euphrates
What characteristic involves invention and discovery?
Complex Technology
What is Polytheism?
To have many gods.
True or False: A solider is not considered a specialized job, because it is involved in government and laws.
False!
RTSAFINURUTE
Infrastructure
What present-day country is Mesopatamia located in?
Iraq