These two rivers supported all of life in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
100
The religious belief in more than one god or goddess is known as this.
What is polytheism?
100
Tools used by hunter-gatherer tribes were made of these materials
What are stones, animal bones, and wood
100
These were the first two forms of writing in Mesopotamia that were used. They were eventually given up on because they limited what the Mesopotamian's could communicate.
What are pictographs and ideographs?
100
Around 10,000 B.C.E. the way people lived completely changed when they discovered...
What is how to farm and grow their own food instead of find it.
200
What was one major challenge the Mesopotamian people faced living so close to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
What is the rivers flooded and caused lots of damage ruining crops, destroying homes, and killing livestock (cows, sheep, pigs, etc)?
200
This is the name Mesopotamians had for the religious temples that were constructed in the center of their city-states to honor their gods.
What is a ziggurat?
200
Hunter-gatherer tribes never settled down into permanent villages due to these reasons (provide at least two)
What is because...
- They were always following the animals they hunted
- They would use up the resources in an area and have to move
- The weather would turn cold
- They needed to find sufficient water resources
- They wanted to stay in touch with their families and friends
200
This was the most advanced and developed form of writing in Mesopotamia that allowed the Mesopotamians to clearly communicate any idea or thought they had.
What is cuneiform?
200
This is the nickname for the area in the Middle East where the first farming communities developed...
What is the Fertile Crescent
300
The early Mesopotamian farmers living in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains experienced the challenge of running out of enough fertile land to grow enough food for everyone. Because of this challenge they had to move to this place in Mesopotamia
What are the flat fertile plains near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers known as Sumer (SOO-MER)?
300
These important people in Mesopotamia were in charge of communicating with and tending to the needs of the gods.
Who were the king (high-priest) and priests?
300
Hunter-gatherer tribes were known for eating...
What are...
- Wild berries and plants
- Wild animals
300
Cuneiform was a language that included more than 1,000 written symbols. As a result of this only this select group of well-educated people in Mesopotamia were trained to read and write.
Who were the scribes?
300
The discovery of this practice allowed for the use of animals to help humans with their work
What is domestication
400
This form of irrigation technology is the most effective way to prevent flooding by building earth walls along the river
What are levees?
400
Mesopotamian kings were very powerful and well-respected in Mesopotamia due to this belief?
What is the belief that the gods chose the Mesopotamian kings?
400
Hunters and gathers typically traveled in groups whose size fell in the range of...
What is 10-50 people per group
400
The earliest form of trade in Mesopotamia involved people exchanging this...
What is goods for other goods?
400
Early farming communities became better and better at farming over time and the direct result of productive farming led to this...
What is growing FOOD SURPLUSES!
500
This type of irrigation technology is constructed to help store up extra water for those times of the year when there is not enough rain.
What are dams?
500
The kings in Mesopotamia were extremely busy because they were in charge of these important things...(name at least two responsibilities of the king)
What is...
- Leading the army
- Collecting taxes and paying the city's bills
- Making sure the city-states' laws were followed
- Building ziggurat temples
- Keeping the irrigation systems working
500
The era in which the hunter-gatherer tribes lived is known as...(BONUS: What does this term mean?)
What is the Paleolithic Era. It means Old Stone.
500
A system of trade developed in Mesopotamia because of this situation...
What is not everyone had all of the resources and items they needed to survive day to day so they traded to get what they needed?
500
Over time do to improvements in agriculture not everyone was needed to farm and those non-farmers were able to develop new jobs a skills during their "free time", a process we call...