Geography
What present day country is where Mesopotamia was?
Iraq
Who was selected to learn to read and write cuneiform?
Scribe
What is the calendar?
A system to mark important days and monitor weather events.
What is the belief in many gods?
Polytheism
What is the capital city of the Babylonian Empire?
Babylon
What was the climate of ancient Mesopotamia?
Hot and arid
Who had almost as much power as the kings?
Priests
What is the wheel?
Tool used to make work easier
Who is the father of Judaism?
Abraham
Who went to school?
Boys of wealthy families
What did farmers do to get water to their crops?
Irrigation
Who was Hammurabi?
Mesopotamian king famous for a code of laws
What is cuneiform?
A system of writing
What is the Hebrew bible?
Torah
What was the southern part of Mesopotamia?
Sumer
What made the area a good place for settling?
The two rivers and plains.
Why did the citizens admire Hammurabi?
Fairness
What is Hammurabi's code?
A set of laws
What is the belief in one god?
monotheism
Who was Moses?
Led the Hebrew people to freedom out of Egypt
What are the two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
Why was the Code of Hammurabi a good thing?
Safety and order
What is the 60 second minute?
A way to mark short bits of time
Where would Mesopotamians would worship their gods?
Ziggurat
What is the Ten Commandments?
Laws of the Hebrew people