GEOGRAPHY
RISE OF SUMER
SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENTS
LATER PEOPLE OF THE FERTILE CRESCENT
VOCAB
100
WHICH TWO RIVERS GAVE MESOPOTAMIA ITS NAME?
What is THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVER
100
WHY DID CITY-STATES FIGHT EACH OTHER FOR FARMLAND?
What is EACH CITY STATE WANTED TO HAVE ENOUGH FARMLAND TO GROW FOOD.
100
WHICH IS THE BEST DESCRIBES CUNEIFORM?
What is A FORM OF WRITING USING WEDGE SHAPED SYMBOLS.
100
WHAT TECHNOLOGY DID THE HITTITES AND ASSYRIANS USE IN BATTLE?
What is IRON WEAPONS AND CHARIOTS.
100
THE WORSHIP OF MANY GODS
What is POLYTHEISM
200
WHAT IS THE BEST EXPLANATION FOR WHY MESOPOTAMIANS BUILT CANALS?
What is THEY NEEDED TO CONTROL THE RIVERS FLOW TO PREVENT FLOODING.
200
WHAT DID SARGON'S EMPIRE HAVE IN COMMON WITH OTHER MESOPOTAMIAN CITY STATES?
What is THEY FOUGHT WITH SURROUNDING CITY-STATES.
200
THE KING KNOWN AS ______________BECAME A LEGENDARY FIGURE IN SUMERIAN LITERATURE. THINK EPIC OF.......
WHO IS GILGAMESH
200
THESE GROUP OF MESOPOTAMIANS CREATED THE FIRST ALPHABET
WHO ARE THE PHOENICIANS
200
PICTURE SYMBOLS USED FOR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION?
What are PICTOGRAPHS
300
A LARGE ARC OF FARMLAND
What is THE FERTILE CRESCENT
300
WHO SERVED AS A LINK BETWEEN THE SUMERIANS AND THE GODS?
What is PRIESTS
300
SUMERIAN CITY CENTERS WERE DOMINATED BY
What is TEMPLES OR ZIGGURATES
300
THIS RULER OF THE BABYLONIANS CREATED LAWS THAT WERE POSTED IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE FOR ALL TO SEE
Who was HAMMURABI
300
LONG POEMS THAT TELL THE STORY OF A HERO?
What are EPICS
400
A WAY OF SUPPLYING WATER TO AN AREA OF LAND IS
What is IRRIGATION
400
WHY WERE ZIGGURATS SO TALL?
What is TO HONOR THE GODS.
400
SUMERIANS USED SHARP__________ TO MAKE SYMBOLS ON CLAY TABLETS.
What is STUYLUSES
400
HAMMURABI AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR BOTH A. BUILT BEAUTIFUL PALACES B. USED CHARIOTS IN BATTLE C. CAPTURED PHOENICIA D. BUILT UP BABYLON
What is D. BUILT UP BABYLON
400
A RULER OF A KINGDOM OR EMPIRE
What is an Emperor
500
LOCATED IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
What is RURAL
500
A DIVISION OF WORKERS BASED ON SKILLS
What is DIVISION OF LABOR
500
SUMERIANS DEVELOPED A MATH SYSTEM BASED ON THE NUMBER ________.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER 60
500
THE CITY-STATE OF __________________ ROSE TO POWER AFTER THE DEATH OF SARGON I.
What is UR
500
A WHEELED HORSE DRAWN BATTLE CART
What is a CHARIOT
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