Section 1:Geography of the Fertile Crescent
A way of supplying water to an area of land is known as ____.
What is an irrigation?
What is another name for the Land Between the Rivers?
What is Mesopotamia?
The world's first system of writing is known as _____.
What is cuneiform?
Which empire was Sargon the leader of?
What is Sumerian empire?
Another word for city is _______?
What is urban
A _______ consists of a city and all the country side around it.
What is a city-state?
A surplus of food lead to _______________ of labor.
What is Division?
A pyramid shaped temple is known as a ______.
What is ziggurat?
Which empire was Hammurabi the king of?
What is the Babylonian empire?
A large arc of rich or fertile farmland is known as_______.
What is Fertile Crescent?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers were known to _____, which destroyed crops and homes.
What is a flood?
Crops grew well in Mesopotamia because________
good farmland and a nearby river
What are the top 2 levels of the social hierarchy?
What are King and Priests?
Which empire used iron weapons and chariots in battle?
What is the Hittite empire?
What was the purpose of a wall around a city-state?
What is for protection?
A human-made waterway is known as a ______?
What is a canal?
What is the worship of many gods?
What is polytheism?
What are the bottom 2 levels of the social hierarchy?
What are farmers and slaves?
Which empire was known for their well-organized army?
What is the Assyrian empire?
Which empire is known for Nebuchadnezzar the Hanging Gardens?
What is the Chaldean empire?
With a ______of food, humans were able to try new jobs.
What is a food surplus?
Why did city-states fight each other for?
What is farmland?
Skilled workers are in the middle of the social hierarchy. What are some jobs a skilled worker might have?
Which empire is known for their use of the alphabet?
What is the Phoenician empire?
Sumerian women were educated ONLY under this circumstance.
What is if they were upper class (king or priest)?