Vocabulary
What is a complex Society?
Civilization
What is a record keeper?
Scribe
Mesopotamia is located between which two rivers?
Tigris River and Euphrates River
Name three Sumerian inventions that made life easier for people.
-Irrigation systems
-Wagon wheel
-Plow
-Sailboat
-Calendar
What is a skilled worker who made metal products, cloth, or pottery?
Artisan
What is a city-state?
A city and the land around it that had its own government.
What is the name of the region formed in southern Mesopotamia by 3000 B.C?
Sumer
What was the name of the King of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia in 2340 B.C?
King Sargon
What is a group of many different lands under one ruler?
Empire
What is a Ziggurat?
A temple made up of tiers.
What did farmers do to control the water problems and ensure they could grow plenty of food?
Built dams and channels to control the flood.
What is Hammurabi best known for?
Law code called Hammurabi's Code
What is irrigation?
Using walls, waterways, and ditches to bring water to crops.
Believing in more than one god
Polytheism
Why did Sumerian city-states go to war with one another?
They fought to gain glory.
What is the difference between Paleolithic people and Neolithic People?
Paleolithic People adapted to their environments and invented tools to help them survive.
Neolithic People started farming, building, communities, producing good, and trading.
What is the Sumerian form of writing?
Cuneiform
Who is a nomad?
A person who moves from place to place.
What were the three social classes that divided up Sumer? Who were the people in each social class?
Upper Class: Kings, Priests, and Government Officials
Middle Class: Artisans, Merchants, Farmers, and Fishers
Lower Class: Enslaved People
Why is the area of Mesopotamia referred to as the Fertile Crescent and the "cradle of civilization"?
The area is located between two rivers providing fertile soil and plenty of water for irrigation.