Architecture & Cities
Food Surplus & Social Hierarchy
Government
Religion
Writing
100
What is the name for temples in Mesopotamia?
What is a ziggurat?
100
What were the two most powerful groups in Mesopotamia?
Kings and Priests
100
What is Hammurabi's Code?
A law code
100
What does polytheistic mean?
belief in more than one god
100
Where was the first ever writing system invented?
Mesopotamia OR Sumer OR Sumerian City-States
200
What was in the middle of every house in Mesopotamia?
A courtyard
200
What were the two least powerful groups in Mesopotamia?
Laborers and Slaves
200
What were the two most powerful city-states in Sumer?
Ur & Uruk
200
What happened if... 1. The gods were happy with you 2. The gods were mad at you
1. Good things 2. Bad things
200
What was the writing system called?
Cuneiform
300
What shape were ziggurats?
Pyramid-shaped
300
Which group in Mesopotamia was neither rich nor poor?
Craftsmen & Farmers
300
What is a city-state?
A city and the nearby farmland that have their own government
300
Which group took care of the ziggurats and religious ceremonies?
The priests
300
1. What did the Mesopotamians write on 2. What did they write with?
1. Clay tablets 2. A stylus
400
What did Mesopotamians build to protect their cities?
Walls
400
What begins to grow when you have a food surplus?
Population OR number of jobs
400
According to Hammurabi's Code, explain what happens when someone breaks your bone if... 1. You are a normal person 2. You used to be a slave but are free now 3. You are a slave
1. The other person's bone is broken. 2. The other person pays you. 3. The other person pays your owner.
400
What could you do to make the gods happy?
Pray OR bring offerings
400
What were cylinder seals used for in ancient Mesopotamia?
Signing your name
500
What were the roads made of in Mesopotamia?
Dirt
500
How did farmers in Mesopotamia irrigate their crops?
By stopping up rivers with dams and leading water to their crops with canals
500
Who was the first person to ever have an empire?
Sargon
500
Where did the Mesopotamians believe that the gods lived?
In the ziggurats
500
1. What was a scribe's job? 2. Which two kinds of people did they usually work for?
1. Writing things down 2. Kings and Priests
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