Mesopotamia Geography
What is Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia is a region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates river system that
What is a Ziggurat?
A large temple
What did mesopotamians develop to help get water to dry areas of land
irrigation systems
What is a hierarchy?
A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
What is a fertile crescent?
land that was good for crops to grow
Who did the Mesopotamians believe could communicate with the gods?
The set of laws created by the Babylonian are the
Hammurabis code of laws
What was Mesopotamia's economy initially based on?
agriculture
What two rivers run through the fertile crescent?
Tigris and Euphrates
True or false, each major city-state worships their own God.
true
The system that divides the hour into 60 minutes and a minute into 60 seconds is called the what?
Base 60 number system
What types of people would be found in the highest level of a stratified society?
Kings or people with lots of money.
Mesopotamia is located in modern-day what?
Iraq
True or False Mesopotamian rulers were chosen by a sign from God.
true
What invention helped with travel and trade?
The wheel
Describe the role of women in mesopotamia
Stay home and help around the house, with the exception of wealthy women; they could go to school and potentially work.
Why did people settle and begin communities in this area?
It was great for farming
What type of Government did mesopotamians have?
Monarchy
List 5 major mesopotamian inventions
plow, lunar calendar, irrigation, writing, board games, sailboat
What was Cuneiform usually written on?
Clay or stone