Geography
Where did ancient Mesopotamians settle?
What is the Fertile Crescent?
What does Polytheism mean?
What is worshipped many gods?
Which Mesopotamian achievement contributes to modern day cars?
What is a wheel?
Who wrote Hammurabi's Code?
Who is Hammurabi?
Who was at the bottom of the social pyramid?
Who were Enslaved people?
What were the 2 rivers called that Mesopotamians settled near?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What were the temples called where the gods lived?
What are ziggurats?
Ms. Stoner could not think of a question here, so what is the name of Ms. Stoner's dog?
What is a Potato?
How many laws were in Hammurabi's code?
What is 282?
Did the groups at the bottom of the social pyramid have more or less power and wealth in society?
What is less power and wealth?
What were the Mountains called that Mesopotamians settled around?
What is the Taurus Mountains
Who were the only people allowed to enter the temples?
Who were Priests?
What was the name of the oldest writing system?
What is Cuneiform?
What did Hammurabi's code address in Babylon? (What was their purpose?)
What were penalties for crime in all aspects of life?
Describe what Merchants and Artisans did.
What was that Merchants got and traded goods and artisans made goods.
What modern day part of the world did the Mesopotamians settle in?
What is the Middle East? Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran are also acceptable.
Who were the first two deities in the Mesopotamian creation mythos?
Who were Apsu and Tiamat?
What was the system called that brought water to crops?
What is the irrigation system?
What famous saying came from Hammurabi's code?
What is an eye for an eye?
Which group were priests equal to in power?
Who were nobles?
Describe 3 reasons why Mesopotamians chose to settle where they did?
What is fresh water, fertile soil, and natural barriers?
What was the Mesopotamian creation myth called?
What is the Enuma Elish?
Describe how Mesopotamia influenced later civilizations.
What is pyramids/temples, form of government and laws, and or polytheism?
How did Mesopotamians get their needed resources?
What was the bartering system?
Describe the 5 layers of the Mesopotamian Social pyramid. Just write the groups.
Who were rulers, priests/nobles, merchants/artisans/craftsmen, peasants, enslaved people