Geography and Other
BONUS: What is the name for temples in Mesopotamia?
What is a ziggurat?
What were the two most powerful groups in Mesopotamia?
Kings and Priests
Who invented the wheel?
Mesopotamians
What does polytheistic mean?
Belief in more than one god
Where was the first ever writing system invented?
Mesopotamia
Where was Mesopotamia located?
From Mediterranean Sea to Persian Gulf
What were the two least powerful groups in Mesopotamia?
Laborers and Slaves
What is one farming tool the Mesopotamians developed?
Plows / plows with automatic seed spreaders
What happened if... 1. The gods were happy with you 2. The gods were mad at you
1. Good things 2. Bad things
BONUS: What shape were ziggurats?
Pyramid-shaped
Which group in Mesopotamia was neither rich nor poor?
Craftsmen & Farmers
How did Mesopotamians impact the way we count time?
1) They divided an hour into 60 minutes
2) They divided a minute into 60 seconds
Which group took care of the ziggurats and religious ceremonies?
The priests
1. What did the Mesopotamians write on?
Clay tablets
Mesopotamia is named for what?
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What happens when you have advanced tools and weapons?
Civilization can grow/advance
How did Mesopotamians impact the way we count the year?
1. They divided the year into 12 months
2. They divided each month into 30 days
What could you do to make the gods happy?
Pray OR bring offerings
How did they write?
By pressing a shape into the wet clay using
BONUS: Mesopotamians used rivers to digs canals and water their crops. What is the name of this method?
Irrigation
What is a city-state?
A city and the nearby farmland that have their own government
How did Mesopotamians use bronze?
Make weapons and tools that helped grow the civilization
Why were priests important?
They were the only ones who could talk directly to the gods and keep them happy.
BONUS: What was a scribe's job?
Writing things down