Geography
Achievements
Government
Culture
Agriculture
100
A region of the Middle East that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
100
This innovation helped Sumerians to plant crops faster.
What is the plow?
100
The first type of government in ancient Mesopotamian civilizations.
What are city-states?
100
The Sumerians believed in many gods, which means they were ______________.
What is polytheistic?
100
Mesopotamia means __________________
What is the land between the rivers?
200
Mesopotamia is located in present-day .....
What is Iraq?
200
This brought water from rivers into inland farms.
What is an irrigation system?
200
The first known written laws. Also known as an "eye for an eye."
What is Hammurabi's Code?
200
The approximate time when Mesopotamian civilizations began
What is 3500 B.C. ?
200
This is a complex society that has cities, a well-organized government and workers with specialized job skills.
What is a civilization?
300
The two great rivers which provided water to Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
300
The Sumerian system of writing was called.
What is cuneiform?
300
The first _________________ or rule by hereditary kings, were created in Mesopotamia.
What are monarchies?
300
Large pyramid-shaped brick towers created to honor the gods.
What is a ziggurat?
300
Trading one item for another item
What is barter?
400
Fine, fertile soil which helped Mesopotamian crops to flourish.
What is silt?
400
This achievement allowed ships to move faster, thus increasing the speed of trade.
What is a sail?
400
_______________(a) were at the top of the social structure and _______________(b) were at the bottom.
What are (a) kings/priests and (b) slaves
400
These people were part of the upper class of Sumerian society.
Who are priests, government leaders and wealthy merchants?
400
The agricultural revolution allowed people to stay in one place instead of hunting and gathering, which allowed them to build _______________
permanent villages/homes?
500
One way that floods were harmful to the people of Mesopotamia.
What is they would destroy crops and wash away entire cities?
500
The shape that the Mesopotamian system of writing used.
What is triangular?
500
The Akkadian and Babylonian ___________ were the first examples of many territories and people being controlled by one government.
What are empires?
500
The epic poem which told the story of a Mesopotamian hero was called ____________
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
500
Name 3 of the 8 features of civilization.
What are cities, government, religion, job specialization, social classes, public works, arts and architecture and writing. (3 of the 8)
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