Mesopotamia is known as the land between the 2 ________
#10
What is
Rivers
100
What was the first form of writing called?
#24
What is
Cuneiform
100
__________ became the first place in the world to have a division of labor
#5
What is
Mesopotamia
100
An ___________ is a large number of states or regions that are ruled by a single leader called the emperor or empress.
#23
What is
Empire
100
What does B.C. mean?
#2
What is
Before Christ
200
Why was there always war in Mesopotamia?
#25
What is
The land was fertile for growing crops
200
Which of the following is NOT an early Mesopotamian civilization?
Akkad, Assyria, Persia, Babylon
#1
What is
Persia
200
Once Mesopotamians learned to __________ the land, they were able to grow a lot more food than they could eat.
#18
What is
Irrigate
200
A _________ is the tool that ancient Mesopotamians used to write with
#14
What is
Stylus
200
Mesopotamia was established as a region in __________ BC
(hint: think back to our timeline assignment in the "Brief 2" handout)
#17
What is
3500
300
Mesopotamia is also known as the Fertile ___________.
#15
What is
Crescent
300
What is the name for a building in which Mesopotamians built to honor their Gods?
#21
What is a
Ziggurat
300
People began to ______________ize in what they were really good at
#16
What is
Specialize
300
Mesopotamia is often called the "Cradle of _____________"
#3
What is
"Civilization"
300
The civilization of ___________ is credited with the first form of writing (cuneiform) and the invention of the wheel
a) Akkad
b) Sumer
c) Babylon
d) Assyria
#19
What is
Sumer or the Sumerians
400
The two rivers located next to Mesopotamia are called the _____________ and ______________
#20
What are
The Tigris and Euphrates
400
Hamurabi's Code of Law was based on the concept known as
6)
What is
An Eye for an Eye
400
A __________ is the result of growing more food than you could eat
#13
What is
Surplus
400
A __________ is a person whose craft was to write in Cuneiform. (hint: it took these people 12 years to learn how to write)
#9
What is
Scribe
400
A ____ - _____ is an area that has its own government and culture
#12
What is
City-State
500
Mesopotamia is now known as modern day ________ (name of a country)
#22
What is
Iraq
500
Places like Publix, McDonalds, Chic-Fil-A, and Harris Teeter are examples of which of the 5 elements of civilization
#8
What is
Constant Food Source
500
What became a normal part of life when Mesopotamians were able to focus on other things than growing food
#4
What is
war and conquest
500
______________ was a Sumerian King of the city-state of Uruk. He later became known in mythology as a demigod with superhuman strength.
(Hint: he was in the myth called "The Epic" in our "Writing" video
#7
What is
Gilgamesh
500
The Lydians are credited with the using __________ for trading goods
#11