Geography
Named for its shape, this is the area that flooded and left silt, a very nutrient dense soil that was great for farming!
What is the fertile crescent.
Sumerians used this technique to supply water to their crops.
What is irrigation.
What is irrigation?
This is arguably the most important invention of the Sumerians.
What is writing.
This is how polytheism and ziggarts are related.
Ziggarts were temples created to worship the polytheistic religion of the Sumerians.
Mespotamia means "land between two rivers." Name the two rivers.
What are the Tygris and Euphrates.
Sumerians used irrigation to supply their crops with water, causing more crops to survive the summer drought. Another effect was that there was more _________ for the people.
What is food.
This is an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding area.
What is a city-state.
These were made of solid wood circles, and carved boards and were used to pull carts and military vehicles.
What is the wheel.
Explain the similarity of the Code of Hammurabi and the United States law.
Both are a set of laws that were/are put in place to govern people.
Answers can include: Caspian Sea, Black Sea, Persian Gulf, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Dead Sea.
Due to advancements in irrigation and the the technology of the seed funnel, crops began surviving the summer, producing more food. _____________________ occurred as a result.
What is a population increase.
This means an extra amount of food.
what is surpluses
Sumerians developed this branch of mathematics.
What is Geometry.
Name 3 Empires of Mesopotamia.
Assyrian
Chaldean
Sumer
Mesopotamia is located in this modern day country.
What is Iraq.
These two advancements in technology caused population increase in Mesopotamia.
What is irrigation and the seed funnel.
This is the belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism.
What is the 12 month calendar, based on cycles of the moon.
This means to trade.
What is barter.
Northern Mesopotamia includes the foothills of this mountain chain.
What is Taurus and Zagros Mountain chains.
The first ___________-__________ emerged as a direct result of the population growth in Mesopotamia.
What is City-state.
This is a temple built to honor a god in a city-state.
What is a ziggurat.
Sumerians developed this type of poem. Name the famous example we learned about.
What is an epic, The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Name 4 effects farming had on Mesopotamia.
Seed funnel, irrigation, surplus of food, Population growth, city-states.