Mesopotamia is a greek word that means " the land ____________ _________ ________________"
What is "between two rivers"
100
Several social classes lived in Sumer. At the top was an upper class, which included ________________, land owners, and _________________ _________________.
What is PRIESTS and GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS?
100
Sumerians expressed their religious beliefs by building temples and religious towers called ___________________?
What is ZIGGURATS?
100
King Sargon and the Akkadians created the world's first _________.
What is empire?
100
Hammurabi is best known for __________
What is Hammurabi's Code of Laws?
200
Farmers created earth walls, called ________________ , along the sides of the river to prevent flooding.
What is a LEVEE?
200
The people that helped record laws were called
What is SCRIBES?
200
Sumerians that made practical objects, like weapons and cups, were called what type of craftspeople?
What are METALWORKERS?
200
King Sargon built his city up with ________, also known as money and goods, collected from the people he conquered.
What are tributes?
200
___________ ______ of ancient Mesopotamian society was important because it listed the laws and corresponding punishments.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
300
Sumerians used levees, canals and dams to control what to their fields?
What is "the water supply"?
300
These 2 inventions helped provide evidence of a stable food supply in a civilization:
________________ and _________________
What is a plow and an irrigation system?
300
Sumerians' most important invention was the ____________?
What is the WHEEL?
300
To keep control of his empire, Sargon used smart political ________.
What are strategies?
300
The Assyrians' greatest achievements were their new ________ and ____________.
What are weapons and war strategies?
400
What was the greatest benefit when people began farming?
What is a "stable food supply"?
400
Cuneiform was an important achievement in the development of ________________________?
What is WRITTEN LANGUAGE?
400
Sumerians believed that the king got his power from _________ _____________?
What is THE GODS?
400
Around the city of _________, King ___________ built an inner wall and an outer wall to protect the city from attacks.
What is Babylon and Nebuchadrezzar?
400
Since the Babylonians were skilled in astronomy, the created the first _________.
What is a sundial?
500
People from many villages used Sumerian irrigation systems to ...
a) develop a new moat to store water.
b) work together to take care of the system.
What is to
b) work together to take care of the system.
500
The 7 characteristics of a civilization are: writing, stable food supply, social structure, government, the arts, and
________________ and _________________.
What is TECHNOLOGY and RELIGION?
500
Sumerian soldiers drove this wheeled vehicle pulled by horses. What was it called?
What is a CHARIOT?
500
Hammurabi's code spelled out punishments for _________, _________, and other crimes.
What is stealing and causing injury?
500
The Babylonians were skilled in ________ and ________?