Basics
This is the nickname for Mesopotamia.
What is the "fertile crescent"?
The main buildings in Sumerian society.
What are ziggurats?
Sumerian economy was based off of this.
Farming, trading and industry
This was the first written form of language known to mankind.
What is cuneiform?
This is where Mesopotamia is located in modern day.
What is Iraq?
The definition of theocracy.
What is a government that rules in the name of god?
These are two uses that the wheel provided.
Options: Irrigation, milling, pottery making
This is polytheism.
What is the belief in many gods?
These are the two rivers where Mesopotamia is located.
These people make up the first class of Mesopotamian society.
Name three natural resources and why they would each be beneficial for society.
Answer varies
Sumerian citizens spent their wealth and money on this.
What is a ziggurat?
This is the year when the first civilization was developed in Sumer.
What is 3000 BCE?
Slaves made up this percentage of Mesopotamian society.
What is 90%?
This is the definition of irrigation.
A way to deliver water to different places, especially to water crops.
What was the purpose of Hammurabi's Code?
To create a moral society and rules for people to follow.
This is the number of laws in Hammurabi's Code.
What is 282?
How did irrigation and agriculture affect nomadic lifestyle?
People could settle in one place because they no longer needed to chase food sources.
This was a poem about a fictional character and his sidekick.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?