Mesopotamia 101
Daily Life
Civilizations
Geography
Wild
100
I was a Babylonian King
Who is HAMMURABI?
100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
100
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
100
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
200

a ______ is a half moon shape and called the birthplace of civilization.

what is fertile crescent

200

Mesopotamia was located primarily in the area that today is

Iraq
200
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
300
A marketplace in ancient Mesopotamia was called a____?

What is a Bazaar.

300
Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what?
What is cuneiform?
300

the business of farming, growing crops and raising animals.

What is agriculture?

300
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300
A _______ is a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.
What is an empire?
400
Why did Mesopotamian leaders order walls to be built around their city-states?
What is from protection from invaders?
400
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
What is the wheel?
400
Finish this law : “If a man put out the eye of another man, his __________________.”
What is his eyes shall be put out?
400
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
500

Name 5 characteristics of a civilization

Job Specialization, Government, Religion, Art and Technology, Social Class, Writing system, Food Surplus

500

Hammurabi's Code was written on a stone monument called a _______

Stele

500
Most people in the first city-states in Sumer were ______
What are farmers?
500

a skilled worker who made clothes, pottery, and metal products

What is an Artisan?

500
The word Mesopotamia means…
What is land between two rivers?
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