Words to Wow With
Occupation Station
Fix It, but Don't Forget it
Who's Who?
Three, 4, Me
100
this is a long period of time with little or no rain
What is a drought?
100
people who bought and sold goods
What are merchants?
100
Fix: The Tigris and Ganges Rivers were very important to the success of Mesopotamia
What is The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were very important to the success of Mesopotamia
100
This group of ancients built the first sailboats.
Who were the Sumerians?
100
Name of three inventions or innovations of the Sumerian People.
What are sailboats, a unit of measure (quart), system of numbers based on 60-we still use it for time, the wheeled cart, the potters wheel, copper rimmed wheel, cuneiform writing? Name any three!
200
a new way of doing something
What is innovation?
200
the people who wrote things for others, for example they kept records, wrote letters, and recorded stories and songs
What are scribes?
200
Fix: The Code of Hammurabi was a collection of laws that dealt only with marriage and divorce (name at least three topics the code dealt with)
Fixed should read: What is "The Code of Hammurabi was a collection of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of life like marriage, divorce, adoption, slaves murder, stealing, military service land, business, loans, prices and wages?
200
These were the folks you had to please if you wanted your crops to be bountiful and your life to run smoothly. If you pleased them, they pleased you! If you angered them....watch out for the next natural disaster!
Who were the gods and goddesses?
200
Names of three irrigation techniques used by the Mesopotamians.
What are ditches-hold off water, dikes-held back flooding rivers, canals-carried water back to rivers, reservoirs-stored water? Name any three!
300
high, flat areas of land
What is a plateau?
300
This was the one job women could have, besides being in the royal family that was considered important?
What are religious leaders?
300
Fix: Most early conflicts in early city states of Mesopotamia arose because of the gods getting angry
Fixed: What is most early conflicts in city states of Mesopotamia arose to protect farmland and water rights
300
This famous law maker was know for ruling the empire of Babylon and creating a famous code: Think an eye for an eye.
Who was Hammurabi?
300
Names of at least three of the ingredients needed to make a society a civilization.
What are food surplus, government, specialized labor, social classes and a complex culture of religion, architecture and writing. Name any three!
400
smaller streams or rivers that flow into larger rivers
What are tributaries?
400
kings, priests, and other important leaders were in this class based on the amount of property they owned or a family's standing in the community
What is the highest social class or upper class?
400
Fix: The northern part of ancient Mesopotamia is an alluvial plain
What is the southern part of ancient Mesopotamia is an alluvial plain or the northern part of Mesopotamia is a plateau?
400
These folks wanted to gain power in Mesopotamia to control the trade routes in the area
Who were the Assyrians?
400
These were three important accomplishments of the Assyrians.
What are claimed land outside of Mesopotamia, desired to control trade routes, built a system of roads, and were conquered by the Medes? Name any three!
500
A centralized society with developed forms of religion, government and learning is called
What is a Civilization?
500
the ruler, or leader, of an empire
What is an emperor?
500
Fix: Hammurabi was important because he was the first rapper of his time. Really tell about at least three ways Hammurabi was important.
What is Hammurabi created taxes to help pay for the government so that things could run more smoothly, he created laws so people could live more peacefully, he promoted trade, building projects and kept the irrigation systems running well?
500
The name of the first conqueror of Mesopotamia who gathered an army, built Akkad and tore down pillars and city walls.
Who was Sargon the warrior?
500
The names of three things Hammurabi did while he was leader.
What are he created the Babylonian Empire by reuniting Mesopotamia, created a center for trade, system for taxation, an eye for an eye law, 282 laws for life, and the idea of equal justice? Name at least three of these!
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