Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is now in this nation.
What is Iraq?
Belief in more than one god is this.
What is polytheism?
According to the cartoon film, this person was to be feared more than the king.
Who was the tax collector?
This was the first written language.
What was cuneiform?
Ms. Mann and Mr. F both taught in this country.
What is China?
"Mesopotamia" means this.
What is "land between the rivers?"
To honor gods, city-states often built these structures.
What is a ziggurat?
Sumer had a large number of these, small areas that controlled themselves.
What is a city-state?
This is an extremely long poem tells the story of a hero.
What is an epic?
This teacher has a twin.
Who is Ms. Mann?
These two rivers run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Euphrates and Tigris?
It was this group's job to communicate with the gods (hint: we still use it today!)
Who are priests?
He created a series of laws that governed daily life.
Who was Hammurabi?
Sumerians invented this mathematics system, based on the number 60.
What is place-value system?
This teacher has a five hour round-trip commute.
Who is Mr. F?
The rivers would sometimes flood and leave this very fertile soil behind.
What is silt?
If a ruling king died, this person was next in line to take power.
Who was their son?
This group of people made up the bottom of the social pyramid.
Who were slaves?
Based on the cycle of the moon, the Sumerians also created this time-tracking tool.
What is the calendar?
This is Mr. F's favorite football/soccer team. (Hint: He wore the uniform on Halloween).
What is Bayern Munich?
Digging canals and dams to help water crops in times of little water is called this.
What is irrigation?
Early on, kings claimed their right to rule came from them.
This group made up the largest amount of people in the social pyramid.
Who were merchants, artisans, and farmers?
This vehicle was designed for military use.
What is the chariot?
Ms. Mann is a member of this religion.
What is Judaism/Jewish?