Geography
Ancient Mesopotamia was located in this modern day country.
What is Iraq?
This King was responsible for first written code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
This group of people worked for the nobles.
Who were the commoners?
This was the name of the people in ancient Mesopotamia who learned how to write.
Who were scribes?
This tool was invented by the Sumerians to help them plant (was often pulled by oxen).
What is the plow?
Greek word for "land between two rivers".
What is Mesopotamia?
This King was made famous through an epic poem written about his life.
Who is Gilgamesh?
Belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
Term that refers to the ability to tame animals for food or to use for tasks.
What is domestication?
Farmers living away from the rivers developed these in order to make the land usable for farming.
What are irrigation systems (canals, levees, ditches, etc.)?
These are the two major rivers in Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
Citizens pay these to the government in return for protection and services that make the lives of the people better.
What are taxes?
This was a temple where Sumerians believed gods and goddesses ruled the city.
What are ziggurats?
This invention was one of man-kind's greatest achievements.
What is the wheel?
These are people who wander around looking for food; they have no permanent home (before they became farmers, Mesopotamians were this).
What are nomads (hunter-gatherers)?
Mesopotamia was called this because of its shape and fertile soil.
What is The Fertile Crescent?
This group of people made up the largest group in Sumer, but had the fewest rights.
What are slaves?
These are the three most important bodies of water (NOT RIVERS) in the region.
What are the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and Persian Gulf?
This is the name for the wedge shaped writing of Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
Soil is said to be this if it contains nutrients needed for crops to grow.
What is fertile?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow into this body of water.
What is the Persian Gulf?
The term used to describe an area with a central city and surrounding villages.
What is a city-state?
These two most important gods controlled the rain and the sun.
Who are Enlil and Utu?
The Sumerian economy was based on this.
What was farming? (trade and industry became important during this time as well)
Turkey is different from the rest of the region in these ways.
What is it is cooler and receives more rain?