Rulers/Vocab
Daily Life
Civilizations
Geography
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?
200

A professional writer.

What is a scribe?

200

We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.

Who are upperclass boys?

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?
300

A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.

What is a city-state?

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

A temple tower in Mesopotamia.

What is a ziggurat?

300

The word Mesopotamia means…

What is land between two rivers?

400

Why did Mesopotamian leaders have walls built around their city-states?

What is 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?
500

In the social hierarchy, these people are compared to kings and are leaders in the ziggurats.

Who are priests?

500

This was a major event that allowed civilizations to grow in 8000 BCE.

What is agriculture?

What is farming?

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

A _______ is a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.

What is an empire?

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