Mesopotamia Geography
Mesopotamia Religion
Mesopotamia Achievements
Mesopotamia Politics
Mesopotamian Economy
100
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia is between what two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
100
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to honor gods?
The Ziggurats
100
What are the manmade walls along rivers that stop flooding called?
Levee
100
An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government is known as a what?
City-state
100
What led to the expansion of jobs in ancient Mesopotamia?
Food surplus
200
The area of land in Mesopotamia?
What is the Fertile Crescent
200
Did the Ancient Mesopotamians believe in polytheism or monotheism?
Polytheism
200
What agricultural achievements did the Mesopotamians create?
Cultivation of soil, irrigation, domesticating
200
What was one of the world's oldest code of laws called?
Hammurabi's code
200
What did Scribes go to school for in Ancient Mesopotamia?
To learn to write
300
What is the name of the modern day country?
Iraq
300
In Ancient Mesopotamia, what does Polytheism mean?
The belief in multiple gods
300
Why did the Mesopotamians need to build walls around their villages?
Easy to invade
300
Who created the oldest code of law?
Hammurabi, king of the Babylonian empire
300
What is someone called when they go to school to learn to write?
Scribes
400
What bodies of water are at the top and bottom of Mesopotamia?
Mediterranean sea and the Persian Gulf
400
The name of a famous story of the Mesopotamians
What is Gilgamesh?
400
What was the name of the writing the Ancient Mesopotamians created?
Cuneiform
400
Who was the king of the Akkadians?
Sargon
400
Who were the most powerful people in Mesopotamian society?
Kings and priests.
500
BONUS GEOGRAPHY: an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared.
Sumer
600
Bonus Geography: What does Mesopotamia mean?
Between two rivers