Water
Cities
People
Miscellaneous
100
What is irrigation?
The system for watering fields and crops
100
What shape were most Mesopotamian cities?
Rectangular
100
What people were bought and sold?
Slaves
100
What is the name of the area or region where Mesopotamia is in the world?
The Middle East
200
Besides getting water from the river, what else were the rivers used for?
Traveling to other cities
200
What is it like inside the city walls?
Very crowded
200
What people were bald?
Priests
200
What is the nickname for Mesopotamia?
"The Land Between the Rivers"
300
What would happen if it rained TOO much and the city was right next to the river?
A flood
300
What building is at the center of the city and is the largest building?
The ziggurat
300
What people could own their own business?
Women
300
What is a stylus?
A writing tool used to write on clay tablets
400
How did the Mesopotamians store water?
They dug canals and resevoirs
400
Why is there a wide street around the city walls?
For religious or military parades
400
What was the difference between the Upper class and the Lower class?
Upper class had fancier, more expensive clothes and jewelry
400
What is the name of the first writing system?
Cuneiform
500
What are the names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
500
Describe the palaces the rulers lived in
Large, fancy buildings, with statues, courtyards, art.
500
Why were women not allowed to participate in government?
Because they were not considered equal to men
500
What are the names of the three empires in Mesopotamia?
Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria
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