Geography
Name the 2 major rivers of Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates
Name a feature of a Mesopotamian home.
Mud bricks, one story. If you were wealthier, your home was two stories.
What was the biggest invention in Mesopotamia?
Irrigation!
What did the Sumerians invent that made farming easier?
Mesopotamia is known as what Modern Day Country?
What is Modern Day Iraq.
What is bartering?
To buy or trade these goods, the ancient Mesopotamians used a system of barter.
What were the two major crops?
What is wheat and barley.
These members created Cuneiform?
Who are the merchants and artisans.
Name another body of water near Mesopotamia.
The Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf.
What is trade?
The activity or process of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services.
Who did the Mesopotamians trade with?
Other city-states.
These people made up 85% of the population.
Who are the farmers.
They used boats.
What is a Ziggurat?
Located in the center of the city-state. Where the gods live.
What is agriculture?
The practice of growing crops and raising animals.
What is Polytheism?
The belief in many gods.
What was the name of the earliest Mesopotamians?
The Sumerians.
This member of the social class was the head of the army.
Who is the King.
Name one kind of food that was grown.
What is the Ziggurat.