Vocabulary
Geography
Civilizations
Contributions
Hammurabi and More
100
A writing system created in Sumer
What is cuneiform?
100
These are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia.
What are Tigris and Euphrates?
100
A characteristic of civilization that shows creativity and expresses whats important to that civilization.
What is art?
100
A boat powered by wind.
What is a sailboat?
100
He was the King of Babylon.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
A rectangular stepped tower with a temple on top
What is Ziggurat?
200

South of Albuquerque and west of China are examples of this location.

What is Relative Location?

200
A system of organizing a society with a leader and laws.
What is an organized government?
200
This is used to get fields ready for planting.
What is a plow?
200

This is a code of laws

What is Hammurabi's Code?

300
A way to bring water to the fields
What is irrigation?
300
25*N;45*E is an example of
What is absolute location?
300
This is a belief in god or gods.
What is religion?
300
Something that tells us days of the week and months in year.
What is a 12 month calendar?
300
He was the king of the Akkadians.
Who is Sargon?
400
This is the belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
400
These lines run East to West and measures North to South.
What is latitude?
400
This is a system of dividing groups of people by economic status or position.
What is class division?
400
A story or poem are examples of ....
What is literature?
400
Babylon is an example of this characteristic of a complex society.
What is cities?
500
Record keepers who were mostly boys and taught to write cuneiform.
What are scribes?
500

These are three reasons why Mesopotamia began in the Fertile Crescent making it an ideal place for society to grow.

Being between two rivers provided good farming conditions, transportation and trade.

500

This is used to share ideas, information and record trade.

What is a writing system?

500
Minutes and hours are based on ...
What is a number system based on 60?
500

The series of events that resulted from the Farming Revolution that helped advance society.

What is domestication, settlement, specialization and trade?

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