Geography
Miscellaneous
Religion
Law
Writing
100
What is the name of one of the main rivers of Mesopotamia that begins with a "T"?
Tigris river
100
City-states shared a common culture and _____.
Language
100
The Sumerians honored their gods with _____ and _____.
Incense, food
100
What term means an organized list of laws?
Code
100
What term means a professional writer?
Scribe
200
What is the name of one of the rivers of Mesopotamia that begins with an "E"?
Euphrates river
200
Each city-state worshiped their own _____.
God
200
Which term means a traditional story that explains peoples' beliefs?
Myth
200
Who ruled Babylon and set down rules for everyone in his empire to follow?
Hammurabi
200
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers provided the Mesopotamians with _____ to write on, and ____ to write with.
Clay, reeds
300
Mesopotamia means:
"The land between the rivers"
300
Which term means a city that acts as its own independent state?
City-state
300
Which term means the belief in many gods?
Polytheism
300
Hammurabi's codes were based on the idea of _______.
An eye for an eye
300
Scribes were highly _____ because not everyone could read or write.
Respected
400
Which important natural resource allowed the Mesopotamians to farm?
Rich soil
400
The _____ and _____ of a tablet depended on its purpose.
Shape, size
400
True or False? Mesopotamians believed their gods either punished or rewarded them.
True
400
Punishments depended on what _______ the person was in.
Class
400
Records were originally kept using _____, but over time this developed into a writing system.
Clay tokens
500
Which natural resources supplied fish for food, clay for building, and reeds to make boats?
Life-giving rivers
500
Each city-state was ruled by their own _____.
King
500
True or False? Sumerians believed their gods came down to Earth using the ziggurat (temple) as a stairway.
True
500
Hammurabi's laws were the first ___________ and ____________ laws.
Organized, recorded
500
What term means groups of wedges and lines used to write down languages of the Fertile Crescent?
Cuneiform
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