Geography
Social Class
Government
Culture
Primary or Secondary?
100
What landform did the people of Ancient Mesopotamia live near?
River!
100
Who was at the top of the social class in Mesopotamia?
A. The King
B. The Farmers
C. The Slaves
D. The Soldiers
The King!
100
What was the name of the laws in Mesopotamia?
A. Laws of Mesopotamia
B. Hammurabi's Laws
C. Code of Hammurabi
D. Mesopotamia Code
C. Code of Hammurabi!
100
Did the people in Mesopotamia have a religion?
Yes!
They believed in more than one god.
100
Newspaper Article
Primary Source or Secondary Source?
Primary!
200
Which two rivers did the people of Mesopotamia live near?
A. Delaware and Hudson
B. Tigris and Euphrates
C. Mississippi and Colorado
D. Nile and Ganges
B. Tigris and Euphrates
200
Who was at the same level as commoners in Mesopotamia?
A. The Farmers
B. The Slaves
C. The Priests
D. The Scribes
D. The Scribes
Their job is to write down information.
200
How many laws were there in the Code of Hammurabi?
A. 100
B. 10
C. 200
D. 282
D. 282!
200
Fill in the blank:
The craftsmen of Mesopotamia liked to create __________ with a lot of different designs.
A. Books
B. Pottery
C. Cakes
D. Farms
B. Pottery
200
Biography
Primary Source or Secondary Source?
Secondary!
A biography is a book describing someone's life but it is written by someone else.
300
Does Mesopotamia exist today?
Yes or no?
No!
300
Who was on the same level as nobles?
A. The Traders
B. The Priests
C. The Farmers
D. The Scribes
B. The Priests!
They are the religious leaders.
300
Did the Code of Hammurabi treat men and women equally?
Yes or no?
No!
300
Fill in the blank:
The Mesopotamians created a lot of ___________ with animals.
A. Clothing
B. Song
C. Dance
D. Art
D. Art
300
History Textbook
Primary Source or Secondary Source?
Secondary!
It has information written by someone who did not live during the events in history.
400
What was the most important reason the people of Mesopotamia lived near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
A. Fish
B. Trees
C. Fertile Soil
D. Sun
C. Fertile Soil!
400
Fill in the blank:
If you had a lot of ___________, you were rich in Mesopotamia.
A. Money
B. Land
C. Clothes
D. Bread
B. Land!
400
If you remove another person's eye, what happens to your eye?
IN ENGLISH ONLY!
Your eye will be removed too!
400
The writing system the people in Mesopotamia used was named ____________.
A. cuneiform
B. hieroglyphics
C. alphabet
D. Sanskrit
A. Cuneiform!
400
What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?
Primary - created during the time of the event in history
Secondary - created after the time of the event in history happened