Geography
Gov/Religion
Surplus Food
Writing
Key Terms
100
Name one city-state of Mesopotamia
Sumer, Babylon, Akkad, Ur, Uruk Ect.
100
This Mesopotamian leader had an epic story written about him and his friends adventures and was seen as 2/3 God and 1/3 Man
Who is Gilgamesh?
100
Explain what Surplus food is
When there is more food produced than needed for the population
100
What did Mesopotamians write on?
What is a clay tablet?
100
The process of transporting water to crop fields
What is Irrigation?
200
What do you notice about the city-states on this map?
All the City-states are located next to one of the two rivers
200
This Mesopotamian leader from Babylon was seen as a ruthless leader who started the idea "an eye for an eye"
Who is Hammurabi?
200
When there is a food surplus the population in that civilization will ______________
go up or increase
200
Did everyone in Mesopotamia know how to write? And what did it mean if you could?
No, it meant that you had a high social status if you could write
200
What is Cuneiform?
300
Yearly flooding accused on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers but there was one problem
What is unpredictable flooding?
300
Hammurabi was the first to put these in writing and place them in every city-state under his control
What are laws?
300
With food now easily available to everyone in the civilization without having to be hunter gatherers what did this allow people who were not farmers to do?
Have new jobs/ learn different skills
300
Give at least 2 examples of how writing was used for farming
Record- planting rotations, crop production, cycles of the river.
300
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
400
In Mesopotamia invaders were a constant treat because the landscape of Mesopotamia lacked these
What is Natural barriers?
400
Explain the relationship between government officials and religion or the Gods
Religion and the government worked hand in hand. In Mesopotamian city-states it was believed that the God and protector of that city-state had given power to their leader as a connection of communication between the Gods and the people of that city-state. Examples can be how Gilgamesh was seen as part god part human
400
This allowed farmers to grow crops with a lot of nutrients even in a dry environment
What is Silt or fertile soil
400
How did writing help the government?
By writing laws, recording information about taxes and crops.
400
Name the area in red
What is the Fertile Crescent?
500
Explain how the Geography of the Fertile Crescent helped develop Mesopotamia into a large successful civilization
Having a location close to water and fertile soil which led to a surplus of food then population increase and then specialized jobs leading into a more organized civilization with government and laws.
500
Explain how having government helped develop Mesopotamia into a large successful civilization
When there is a large population in a general small area there is going to be a need for order. Government was able to provide that order through the use of collecting taxes and protection of the people and its resources.
500
Explain how having a food surplus helped develop Mesopotamia into a large successful civilization
Food surplus means everyone can have food with lower effort than in the past. More food means more people and more people will then have specialized jobs. With these new jobs and new skills people are able to invent things like writing, government, science, and the arts. All being indicators or characteristics of a civilization
500
Explain how writing helped develop Mesopotamia into a large successful civilization
-Writing allowed for the recording of information like food production to make sure everyone had food
-Allowed for the government to have control over the people they ruled
-Allowed the collection of knowledge to be passed down
500
Located along a river and included the homes, temples, and people inside the walls as well as the farmlands surrounding the walls. 
What is a City-state