Mesopotamian Geography
Sumerian Society
Sumerian/Mesoptoamian Technology
Sumerian and Mesopotamian Agriculture
Mesopotamian Empires
100

100: The term "Mesopotamia" means "________ two rivers."

Between

100

100: Sumerians believed the king was supported by the ________, which helped strengthen the social order.

gods

100

100: The invention of the ________ made chariots possible for Sumerian armies.

wheel

100

100: A stable food supply means there is enough ________ for the population.

food

100

100: The leader of the first Mesopotamian empire, the Akkadians, was ________.

Sargon

200

200: The two rivers of Mesopotamia are the ________ and ________.
 

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

200

200: The highest class in Sumerian society was made up of ________.

government officials

200

200: Strong walls for Sumerian cities were made from ________ bricks.

mud bricks

200

200: One major challenge in Sumerian farming was the lack of ________.

rainfall

200

200: Hammurabi is best known for his ________.

code of laws

300

300: The body of water to the southeast of Mesopotamia is the ________.

Persian Gulf

300

300: These people were responsible for recording laws and keeping records in Sumer.

scribes

300

300: The invention of the ________ improved farming and helped ensure a stable food supply.

plow

300

300: Sumerians built ________ and ________ to store water for use in agriculture.

dams and resevoirs

300

300: Babylon’s legal system was advanced because it gave ________ some rights.

women

400

400: The mountains between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf are the ________ Mountains.

Zagros Mountains

400

400: The tallest building in Sumerian cities, closely related to religion, was called a ________.

ziggurat

400

400: Sumerians used a ________ to write cuneiform on clay tablets.

stylus

400

400: Levees were built beside rivers to prevent ________.

floods

400

400: Nebuchadnezzar built _____and _____ to protect his capital city from attacks.

walls and moats

500

500: The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow in this general direction.

Southeast

500

500: The Sumerians were a civilization but not an empire. Unlike the Sumerians, the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires had ________.

one government ruling several groups

500

500: The Akkadians used this to gain power over Sumer.

military strategy

500

500: Silt, deposited by rivers, often clogged ________ canals.

irrigation canals

500

500: The ________ conquered the Israelites and took many captives to Babylon.

Neo-Babylonians

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