8 Features of a Civilization
These are towns that are usually central to a civilization, often located near rivers.
What are Cities?
Mesopotamia is in this region of the World.
What is the Middle East?
These people are beneath the social class system in Mesopotamia.
What are Slaves?
Mesopotamia was a __________________ religious society.
What is polytheistic?
__________ for an __________.
What is Eye, Eye?
The practice of worshipping God or many gods is this.
What is Religion?
The names of the two rivers that are in Mesopotamia are.
This person was above the highest Social Class.
What is the King?
What is a ziggurat?
The Akkadians were the first to write, using ______________ as their primary means of writing.
What is cuneiform?
Communication form that is easiest to pass down from generation to generation.
What is Writing?
The name of the great farmland in Mesopotamia.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Name one job that would put you in the Upper Class.
What is governor, priest, priestess, or any government job?
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh was attempting to do what..
What is find immortality?
The Assyrians were known for being a ______________ society.
What is military, ruthless, cruel?
The steel plow is as example of this.
What is Technology and Public Works?
The great mineral deposits coupled with the fresh water sources from rain and rivers create.
What is Silt?
Name one job that would put you in the Middle Class.
What is a potter, an artist, or a scribe?
The religious buildings had steps that went down the side of the building for what reason.
What is, so the gods can come down to be amongst the people?
Sumerians were known for being the first to introduce ______________ or farming to the world.
What is Agriculture?
Having a central group of people that keeps everyone in line and protects using the military is this.
What are Government and Laws?
Name 2 Countries that are in the location that Mesopotamia was in.
What are Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey?
Name 2 jobs that would put you in the Lower Class.
What are Canal Digger, Farmer, or street cleaner?
This religious group was formed during Mesopotamia and were in disagreement with how the Mesopotamians worshipped their gods.
What are Jewish people?
Name 2 of the 3 forms of Irrigation that the Mesopotamians invented.
What is canals, reservoirs, or dams?