Red
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
100
The belief in many gods
Polytheism
100
Wedge writing developed in ancient Mespotamia
Cuneiform
100
What is another name for he region between the Tigris and Euphrates river?
What is fertile crescent
100
Mesopotamia was made up of many separate settlements called?
City States
100
The two rivers in ancient Mesopotamia deposited large amounts of this? A mixture of rock and soil.
Silt
200
A method of controlling water and using it for crops.
What is irrigation
200
To honor their gods and goddesses Mesopotamian s built temples called
What is Ziggurats
200
Who was at the top of the Mesopotamian social pyramid?
What is King
200
What was the next below the king on the Mesopotamian social pyramid ?
What is Government officials and priests
200
Who was third from the top on the social pyramid? 3 groups
What is scribes, merchants, and artisans
300
Who was on bottom of the Mesopotamian social pyramid? 2 groups
What is farmers and slaves
300
Mesopotamia was a "patriarchal society meaning what?
Men had all the power in the government and family
300
The Sumerian system of writing is called?
What is cuneiform
300
Who did Mesopotamian people believe gave the King power?
What is the gods
300
How did Mesopotamia benefit from rivers flooding?
The rivers left fertile silt behind that could be used for farming.
400
What was Hammurabi s code?
What is a written set of laws.
400
Where did Mesopotamian s believe Hammurabi code came from?
What is the gods.
400
Where do historians believe Hammurabi code came from?
What is Hammurabi recording legal decisions.
400
What did a scribe do?
What is wrote in cuneiform.
400
What is agriculture
farming.
500
Extended periods with little to no rainfall is called a
What is a drought.
500
the general atmospheric conditions, or weather, of a particular location over a long period of time.
What is climate
500
How was Hammurabi
What is a king
500
What did Hammurabi develop?
What is written laws.
500
Why was civilization possible in Mesopotamia?
What is surplus food supply
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