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100
What two rivers make up Mesopotamia? What is their source and what do they flow into?
What is the tigris and euphrates rivers. Their source is in the Zargos Mountains and they flow into the Persian Gulf.
100
This fundamental invention made it easier for mesopotamians to transport goods and has had the greatest impact on history.
What is the wheel.
100
Which empire was responsible for Sargon the great, being the first empire, the first to have well trained soldiers, and introduced bronze weapons/tools.
What is the Akkadian Empire.
100
What does Mesopotamia literally mean?
What is the land between two rivers.
100
What type of economic system did the mesopotamians have and give an example.
What is bartering/trading. One example would be trading pencils for food.
200
Name the earliest known writing system? What did people use to write.
What is Cuneiform. People used reed styluses and clay tablets.
200
Mesopotamians adapted their environment to channel water to their corps. This is called?
What is Irrigation.
200
List the empires of mesopotamia in chronological order.
What is Addadian, 1st Babylonian Empire, Assyrians, Neo-Babylonian, and Persian Empire.
200
What is agriculture.
What is The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for growing of crops and the raising of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
200
Describe the two important features of the Neo-Babylon empire.
What is Nebchadnezzar the II and the Hanging gardens.
300
What individuals made up the middle class of Mesopotamia?
What is Skilled Workers, Artisans, soldiers, and some merchants. Answers may vary.
300
List 5 mesopotamian innovations that do not include the wheel or irrigation.
What is measurement system based on the number 60, soap, boats, seed funnel, bronze, iron, and carts. Answers do vary.
300
List three, in test lingo, of Hammurabi's code and detail which empire they came from.
What is bone for bone, tooth for tooth, and eye for eye. These came from the 1st Babylonian Empire.
300
Before empires, Mesopotamian were concentrated in small regions called?
What is city states.
300
Describe the three important parts of the Persian empire.
What is Cyrus the Great, last mesopotamian empire, and the first to have currency.
400
Explain in detail which two mesopotamian innovations helped them live next to the tigris and euphrates river.
What is Dams and irrigation. Dams helped control the flood waters by creating a barrier to keep them back. Irrigation systems helped channel extra water to crops.
400
What made the assyrian empire conquer the Mesopotamian region so quickly and how did it last so long.
What is the army and the many good kings. The assyrians had a fearsome army armed with bronze swords. Those who defyed them paid high prices. After they took control, their kingdom lasted due to the many kings that helped rule the empire.
400
What was the neolithic revolution.
What is the time where humans began settling down in one place to farm and domesticate animals. It could also be called the transition from nomads to farmers.
400
Put the following dates in order: 5000bc, 271 bc, 1995ad, and 50bc.
What is 5000, 271, 50, and 1995 ad.
500
Describe Mesopotamian religion in extreme detail and its influence on Mesopotamian society. Give the who, what, when, where, and why.
What is polytheisism. The mesopotamias worshiped many gods because they believed gods controlled every aspect of life. Since they did not have science this is how they explained the world. Priests, the only ones who could communicate with these gods, were at the top of the social pyramid. Priests and worship services took place in ziggurats.
500
What happens every year in Mesopotamia that helped them live, work, and farm within the region.
What is yearling flooding. These floods brought silt and nutrients that would help crops grow.
500
Describe the how to create your own empire. Use the Mesopotamian empires as examples. Time extension: 1 min.
What is a cause, a great leader, a large army, a new weapon that your enemies do not have, a set of provinces, and to train a new good king.
500
Describe the relationship between the following vocabulary words: silt, agriculture, irrigation, sumers, meopotamia, and fertile.
What is every year the tigris and euphrates rivers flooded spreading fertile silt across the mesopotamian region. The sumers used this to grow crops. They then used irrigation channels to bring water from these rivers to the crops.
500
Describe the unique relationship between Mesopotamian kings and their priests.
What is the priests were the top of the mesopotamian civilizations. They held all of the power so they could talk to the gods, but that means they were in charge of a lot. To help reduce this they selected kings, who were sent by the gods, to help rule city states.
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