Vocabulary Terms
Which vocabulary term is defined as :
supplying land with water
A. city-state
B. irrigation system
C. agriculture
B. irrigation system
Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?
A. Each of them kept written records
B. Each of them had their own ruler and farmland
C. They were all part of one large empire
D. They all depended on each other for water
B. Each of them had their own ruler and farmland
What was Hammurabi best remembered for?
A. his code of laws
B. his military strategy
C. a system of canals
D. invention of the wheel
A. his code of laws
Agriculture started the beginning of a new age for early humans. The first people who were hunters and gathers were from the ________, and then after the invention of farming, people who grew crops and raised animals were from the _________________.
A. Paleolithic Age, Neolithic Age
B. Neolithic Age, Paleolithic Age
A. Paleolithic Age, Neolithic Age
What is the name of the type of writing that was invented by the ancient Sumerians?
cuneiform
Which vocabulary term is defined as :
studying the past by examining objects
A. domestication
B. artifacts
C. archaeology
C. archaeology
The concept of _______________ became important as empires expanded. This brought people together under a single government.
A. unification
B. characteristics of civilization
C. agriculture and farming
D. democratic government
A. unification
Around what year did King Hammurabi rule Babylon?
A. 1400 BCE
B. 1792 BCE
C. 2050 BCE
D. Yesterday
B. 1792 BCE
Why did people settle in the "fertile crescent"?
A. The caves were great places for people to sleep
B. The soil was good for farming
C. The forests gave people a place to hunt wil animals
D. People discovered gems and metals in the hills
B. The soil was good for farming
Name the two rivers that are located in the fertile crescent.
Tigris River and Euphrates River
Which vocabulary term is defined as :
an early city was like a small independent country with its own laws and government
city-state
What was the name of the people who were skilled craftspersons who produced goods?
A. merchants
B. traders
C. artisans
D. artists
C. artisans
King Hammurabi wrote his laws on...
A. pillars and steles
B. walls and monuments
C. steles and buildings
D. clay tablets and pillars
A. pillars and steles
What was one of the first things that early farmers did to help improve the lives of Ancient Sumerians?
A. They kept animals as pets
B. The moved from place to place in search of food
C. They created a stable food supply
D. They build homes made out of tents
C. They created a stable food supply
What were ziggurats?
Temples built to honor the gods
Which vocabulary term is defined as :
an object made or used by people in the past
artifact
Within the Sumerian city-states, how did dividing up the work help communities produce the products they needed?
A. Everyone got good at the same job
B. Most people enjoyed working by themselves
C. People specialized in their own job
D. People used stone and wood tools
C. People specialized in their own job
True or false: Hammurabi's code applied EQUALLY to all citizens of Babylon?
True or False
False - people of lower class status were treated different than those who had a higher status
What is the word used to describe the process of training wild animals to be useful to humans?
Domestication
What is the term used to describe a religion that has multiple gods, much like the Ancient Sumerians?
polytheism
Which vocabulary term is defined as :
growing crops and raising animals
agriculture
**CHALLENGE QUESTION**
What was the first official city-states in Sumer?
A. Babylon
B. Eridu
C. Sumer
D. Akkad
B. Eridu - The city was dedicated to Enki, the god of water, crafts, knowledge, and creation.
**CHALLENGE QUESTION**
After King Hammurabi died, who took control of the Babylonian Empire?
A. Queen Cleopatra
B. Sargon II
C. Samsu-iluna
C. Samsu-iluna - King Hammurabi's first born son
**CHALLENGE QUESTION**
Name 4 animals that the ancient Mesopotamians domesticated?
Possible Answers: sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, oxren, dogs, donkeys, mules camels, ducks, geese
**CHALLENGE QUESTION**
Name the three different types of social scientists who study the past?
1. Archaeologist
2. Historian
3. Geographer