Geography
Achievements
Communication
Social Structure
Religion
100
Which modern-day country did Mesopotamia cover all of?
Where is Iraq?
100
What concept did Mesopotamia invent to record how long something is?
What is time?
100
Name one thing that Mesopotamia's writing system recorded.
What are daily activities and astronomy?
100
What was the highest rank in the social hierarchy in Mesopotamia?
What are high nobles and priests?
100
What were the temples called in Mesopotamia to honor their many g-ds/g-ddesses?
What are ziggurats?
200
In which city did archaeologists find clay tablets explaining farming in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Where is Nippur?
200
What was the name of the number system that Mesopotamia invented?
What is the Sexagesimal System?
200
What tool did Mesopotamia use to draw?
What is a read utensil?
200
If someone raided a Mesopotamian town, the structure of the town would mean that which class would get attacked first?
What is the lower class?
200
What was the type of religion in Ancient Mesopotamia?
What is the polytheistic religion?
300
What are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
300
Name one idea that Mesopotamia invented that has to do with space.
What is astronomy or astrology?
300
What is the name of the writing system that Mesopotamia invented?
What is Cuneiform?
300
What did the boys in the lower class do for jobs?
What is assisted and learned their dads' job?
300
Where did the Sumerians draw pictures of their g-ds/g-ddesses?
What are caves?
400
What type of land form is Northern Mesopotamia?
What is a plateau?
400
What concept did Mesopotamia invent to help grow crops?
What is agriculture?
400
What book was considered to be the world's first great work of literature?
What is "The Epic of Gilgamesh?"
400
How were towns built in Mesopotamia?
How was from the center outward?
400
Where did the Sumerians believe you went after you died?
What is the Netherworld?
500
What type of land form is Southern Mesopotamia?
What is an alluvial fan?
500
Evidence shows that Mesopotamia may have invented which mathematical formula before another historical figure discovered it?
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
500
What number is Mesopotamia's number system based off of?
What is the number 60?
500
What occupation shaved their heads in order to let other people know who they were?
Who are priests/priestesses?
500
Approximately how tall would the average ziggurat be?
What is about 200 ft?
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