Geography/Fun Facts
The _____________ and the __________________ are the rivers that flood in Mesopotamia.
-Tigris and Euphrates rivers
-St. Lawrence and Prairies rivers
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers?
In early Sumerian times the kings were ____________.
-Elected -Born in to the role -The king chose the following king
What is elected?
The king in Mesopotamia is called a _____________.
-Lugal
-Emperor
-Pharaoh
What is a lugal ?
Mesopotamian temples are called ___________.
-Ziggurats
-Synagogues
-Mosques
What are Ziggurats?
The ______________ invented the sailboat.
-Sumerians -Akkadians
Who are the Sumerians ?
The _______________ part of Mesopotamia receives the most rainfall.
-Southern -Northern -Eastern -Western
What is the Northern part?
The __________________ is the set of laws in Mesopotamia.
-Code of Hammurabi
-Code of Sargon
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
Priests told people how to behave to keep the gods happy but priests also are the local_______
-Bodyguards
-Doctors
-Servents
What are local doctors?
Mesopotamians lived in ______________ houses.
-Mudbrick -Straw -Stone -Wood
What are mudbrick houses?
The _________________ invented Cuneiform.
-The Akkadians -The Babylonians -The Assyrians -The Sumerians
Who are the Sumerians ?
The Euphrates and the Tigris are ______________.
-Oceans
-Rivers
What are rivers?
Their set of laws is ______________ and ____________.
-Strict...Harsh
-Lenient...Soft
What is strict and harsh?
A scribe can ______,_______, and works for _____________.
-read,write,... religious temples
-read,write,... armies
What is to read, write, and work for religious temples?
__________________ lived outside the city walls.
-Farmers
-Traders
-Slaves
Who are farmers?
The _________________ developed glass work as well as glazes for pottery and art to help it last longer.
-Assyrians -Sumerians -Babylonians -Akkadians
Who are the Assyrians ?
At the age of ___ girls got married.
-9
-12
-14
What is the age of 12?
The Assembly were elected by ____________.
-The king
-The people
-The priests
Who are the people?
Most people in mesopotamia were _______________.
-Farmers
-Traders
-Priests
Who are farmers?
Mesopotamians were the first people to use ______________.
-Writing
-Money
What is money?
King ____________________ may have invented the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
-Nebuchadnezzar -Hammurabi -Sargon -Ur-Nammu
Who is king Nebuchadnezzar ?
By the ________________ ____________ were the most cities because it was most fertile.
-Mediterranean sea
-Tigris river
-Euphrates river
What is the Mediterranean sea?
The job of the Assembly was to _______________.
-Help the people
-Sell land to farmers
-Choose the king
What is to choose the king?
Scribes were part of the ______________ _______.
-The Upper class
-The Lower class
-The Slaves
What is the Upper class?
Most people lived near the rivers in the ___________________ areas.
-Wetland
-Dry
What are wetland areas?
The ___________________ was used to raise the water to the level of the plants in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
-Archimedes' screw
-Hammurabi's screw
What is the Archimedes' screw?