Geography/Cities
Law/Government
Religion
Schools
Contributions
100
This is the modern day country where Mesopotamia is located.
What is Iraq?
100
This ruler is famous for being the first to come up with a written code of law.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
These people were the only ones allowed in the top room of the temple.
Who are priests?
100
This was the name for a Sumerian school.
What is a tablet house?
100
This Sumerian invention led to advancements in transportation.
What is the wheel?
200
Mesopotamia is the land between the Tigris and this other river.
What is the Euphrates?
200
Even though priests controlled city-states at first, these people eventually replaced them as leaders.
What are kings?
200
This word literally means "mountain of god."
What is ziggurat?
200
This was a typical punishment for breaking the rules in school.
What is caning?
200
This invention helped speed up farming.
What is the plow?
300
Artisans and Shopkeepers would have been part of this social class.
What is the middle class?
300
This natural feature was used to determine the truth when someone was accused of a crime.
What is a river?
300
The temple was located in this part of a Mesopotamian city.
What is the center?
300
Students in Sumerian schools were usually training for this job.
What is a scribe?
300
Sumerians divided up time, using this number.
What is 60?
400
The upper class included merchants and this other important job.
What is a priest?
400
The first empire was created by this leader when he conquered the independent city-states.
Who is Sargon I?
400
This was the number of major gods that Sumerians prayed to.
What is seven?
400
This was the system of writing taught in the schools.
What is cuneiform?
400
This term refers to a group of cities under one ruler. The first of these was in Mesopotamia.
What is an empire?
500
Mesopotamian used these raised mounds of soil to help control floodwater.
What are levees?
500
This term refers to a written set of laws.
What is a code?
500
This term means "believing in more than one god."
What is polytheistic/polytheism?
500
This was the name given to the supervisors that worked at the schools. Many times they were older students.
What is big brother?
500
This invention helped water reach the fields.
What are canals?
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