Geography
Civilizations
People
Vocabulary
Catch All
100
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
"Land between the Rivers"
100
What was the first civilization in Mesopotamia?
Sumer (the Sumerians)
100
He created a code of more than 250 written laws
Hammurabi
100
Temples built to honor gods
Ziggurats
100
When did the first civilization in Mesopotamia begin?
5000 B.C. (the Sumerians)
200
What two rivers border Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and the Euprhates
200
Name three inventions of the Sumerians
connected wheels to a cart, built a sail for boats, created a form of writing called cuneiform.
200
This ruler led the Akkadians to take over the lands of Sumer
Sargon
200
Writing that was carved on a clay tablet
Cuneiform
200
What two groups influenced the Code of Hammurabi?
The Sumerians and the Akkadians
300
Why were the people of Sumer surprised when the Tigris and the Euphrates flooded?
They did not flood at.the same time every year.
300
What group took over the lands of Sumer in 2340 BC?
The Akkadians
300
Name a major contribution of the Hittites
They made iron weapons and tools
300
independent cities surrounded by farming villages
city states
300
What difficulty did the Assyrians have in controlling such a large area?
The people spoke many different languages
400
What was on the outside of a wall surrounding a city-state?
Farming villages
400
What group was led by King Hammurabi?
The Babylonians
400
People celebrated when this empire ended in 600 B.C.
The Assyrians
400
A pointed stick used to make marks in clay
Stylus
400
Even though the Code of Hammurabi did not treat all people equally, what was the advantage of these written laws
People who committed a crime knew the punishment
500
The Assyrians controlled all of the lands of the Fertile Crescent as well as what other civilization?
Egypt
500
What group controlled all of the Fertile Crescent and Egypt by being cruel?
The Assyrians
500
How did Phoenicians sailors learn to sail at night?
By following the stars
500
An area that extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
The Fertile Crescent
500
Name two ways that the Sumerians controlled the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
They built canals to control the water and built dikes to hold back the flooding
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