Social Classes & Inventions
Who was in the upper class of Mesopotamia?
Who are kings and priests?
What are the TWO names of the Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
The main structure in Mesopotamian cities:
What is a ziggurat?
These people were in the lowest class in Mesopotamia:
Who are slaves?
Before people settled in Mesopotamia, what were they?
Who are nomads?
Who was the first emperor of Mesopotamia?
Who is King Hammurabi?
Mesopotamians watered their crops by..
What is developing an irrigation system?
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
What is the wheel?
Most people in the first city-states had this job:
What are farmers?
Mesopotamia is located in what modern day country?
What is Iraq?
What resources were readily available to Mesopotamians?
What is mud?
Finish this law : “If a son has struck his father, his _________________.”
What is his hands shall be cut off?
Describe the written language of the Mesopotamians:
What are pictographs and cuneiforms?
What are the five traits of a civilization?
What are Advanced cities, Specialized workers, complex institutions, Record keeping, and Advanced technology?
What are two reasons why the Mesopotamians chose to develop their civilization where they did?
What is the fertile soil and immediate access to water?