Mesopotamia
Sumer
Times/ Location
Rulers/Empires/Leaders
Miscellaneous
100
How did farming affect life in Mesopotamia?
What is led to population growth.
100
What religious practices did Sumerians observe to serve and please their Gods?
What are rituals.
100

When did Mesopotamia's first civilization arise?

What is around 3500 B.C.....

100
Which ruler began the Akkadian Empire?
What is Sargon the Great.
100
Define famine.
What is widespread hunger.
200
Name a technological advance from the Mesopotamian legacy.
Answers may vary. Refer to page 84.
200
What helped the Sumerian agriculture thrive?
What is fertile soil and irrigation.
200
Define colonies.
What is outposts of people from one land, who live in another land.
200
How did Darius I improve life in the Persian Empire?
What is he built a system of roads.
200
Protection tax is called?
What is tribute.
300
Where is Mesopotamia located?
What is between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers.
300
A belief in many Gods is called?
What is polytheism.
300
What is a group of different lands and people governed by one ruler?
What is an empire.
300
What helped the Assyrians build an empire?
What is bows and arrows.
300
What are raw materials?
What is substances from which other things are made.
400
How did Hammurabi change Mesopotamian society?
What is he codified laws.
400
Why did Sumerians go to ziggurats?
What is to visit religious shrines.
400
What geographic features border the Akkadian Empire to the West and the East. List both geographic features.
What is West=Mediterranean Sea, East=Zagros Mountains
400
Why did Nebuchadnezzar II build the Hanging Gardens?
What is to make the city beautiful.
400
Governors were also called?
What is satraps.
500
What Mesopotamian people sailed and traded across the Mediterranean?
What is Phoenicians.
500
Why was the land of Sumer a good place for city-states to develop?
What is located in the valley between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where fertile soil was good for farming.
500
Where are the city-states of Sumer and Akkad located?
What is along the Tigris and Euphrates River.
500
What brought about the fall of the empires of ancient Mesopotamia?
What is Answers may vary: Anlil, Ninhursag, Dumuzi, Enki, Ninurta, Ishkur, Marduk
500
What is defined as sympathy for the beliefs and practices of others.
What is tolerance.
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