Land
Economy
Secret Door #1
Secret Door #2
Secret Door #3
100
Mesopotamia is also known as what?
What is "The Land Between Two Rivers"
100
This was the basic currency of Ancient Mesopotamia
What is the "Shekel"
100
This was an ancient form of scripture by the Mesopotamians
What is Cuneiform
100
Name two ways Mesopotamians traveled to surrounding cities
What is by boat, on foot, by donkey/horse
100
Why aren't animals considered to have civilizations?
because they cannot encorporate cultural and technological developments into their daily lives
200
This fertile substance traveled down the river to create fertile soil.
What is silt
200
This act is known as trading goods (not money!) for other goods
What is bartering
200
This is the process of bringing water to crops
What is irrigation
200
Name 4 similarities between Mesopotamia's economy and BC's economy
Both use water to transport goods, both import and export goods, both have thriving economies, both picked up influence (such as culture, traditions, ideas) from surrounding nations that they trade with.
200
Name 4 jobs created in Mesopotamia
What is potter, weaver, jeweller, and carpenter
300
Name at least 3 modern day countries that make up Ancient Mesopotamia today
What is Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, Syria
300
This gave Ancient Mesopotamians the chance to build on their development skills (i.e. weaving, metalwork, pottery)
What is an abundance in food crops
300
This is the type of climate that Mesopotamians experienced often
What is dry and arid
300
Name 3 advantages to the land that made Mesopotamians want to settle there.
What is near water, fertile soil, animals to domesticate, weather was sunny enough to grow a lot of crops
300
What was the blue gemstone found in Mesopotamia that artists made statues and jewellery with?
What is lapis lazuli
400
These 2 rivers provided access to water for Ancient Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
400
These are signs that Mesopotamia's economy was thriving
What is abundance in food, trade with surrounding cities, development of production, importing/exporting goods, jobs for it's citizens
400
What are the four major cities in Mesopotamia
Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, Assyria
400
What type of technology did the Mesopotamians master?
What is farming technology
400
What did scribes write on in Ancient Mesopotamia?
What is a tablet
500
This process is known for bringing water to farming crops.
What is irrigation
500
Mesopotamians exported items that they produced. Name at least 2 items.
What is grains, oils, textiles
500
What made places like Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia classified as "major" cities?
because they were highly populated, they had an abundance of food, they had a thriving economy
500
Name one way Mesopotamians adapted to their environment
created irrigation systems, built dams, canals and dikes
500
what is the marshy area at the bottom of a river called?
What is a delta
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