Geography
True or false: Mesopotamia means land between two valleys
False, Mesopotamia means land between two rivers
The Sumerians believed in many gods. This is called
Polytheism
Cuneiform is an example of which trait of civilization?
Highly developed culture
Name a Sumerian invention
Plow, irrigation system, wheel, writing
Where were the code of Hammurabi placed?
middle of the city
Mesopotamia is located between what two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
Large temple built to honor the gods
The wheel is an example of this characteristic of civilization
Highly developed culture
Walls around them
True or false: punishments were harsher for people of lower social classes
True
Name a natural resource found in the Fertile Crescent
Fish, water, fertile soil, wheat, barley, cattle
True or false: each ziggurat was built to honor a specific god or goddess
True
People doing different jobs is called
Specialization of labor
The first emperor was
Sargon
The holy book for the Jewish faith is called
The Torah
unpredictable flooding
What did Sumerians do to try to please the gods?
Daily food offerings, rituals, prayer
Cause: Food surplus
Effect: ?
Effect: time to specialize, increase in population
Hammurabi was the king of
Babylonia
Laws for the Jewish people
10 commandments
What are the Zagros Mountains?
How were religion and government connected in Sumer?
Put these in order of lowest to highest social ranking: fisherman, king, priest, slave
Slave, fisherman, priest, king
Sumerians fought each other over...
Who is known as the father of the Hebrews?
Abraham