Cultural Diffusion and the Fertile Crescent
Geography
Civilizations
Vocabulary
Misc.
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What is the Fertile Crescent?
A large arc of rich farmland between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea.
100
What are three bodies of water located in or near Mesopotamia?
Euphrates River, Tigris River, and Mediterranean Sea.
100
This civilization created the world’s first empire and was ruled by King Sargon.
Akkadians
100
What is the ancient Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols?
Hieroglyphics
100
This civilization’s empire was located in Turkey and mastered ironworking.
Hittites
200
What is one example of cultural diffusion?
Various answers
200
What caused some of the land in Mesopotamia to become more useful for farming than the rest of it?
Flooding from nearby rivers.
200
This civilization created Hammurabi’s Code and united Mesopotamia.
Babylonians
200
What is the word for creating human-made avenues to supply water to an area of land.
Irrigation
200
According to Hammurabi, how should someone be punished for theft?
Death
300
What is cultural diffusion?
The ideas or beliefs in one culture or way of life that evolves, shares, and borrows from surrounding cultures.
300
What problems were caused by the bodies of water in Mesopotamia?
Constant fighting over the water supplies and flooding causing the crops to wash away.
300
This civilization was the first one in Mesopotamia and created Cuneiform, the wheel, and sewers.
Sumerians
300
What is the world’s first system of writing?
Cuneiform
300
What is Hammurabi's Code?
A set of 282 laws governing daily life; the earliest known collection of written laws.
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