Land Between Rivers
Contact and Conflict
Innovations
Vocabulary
About Mr. K
100
How many rivers are in the Fertile Crescent and what are their names?
2: Tigris and Euphrates rivers
100
They learned to make gold rings, statuettes covered with _________________________. + hint: a blue gemstone
Lapis lazuli
100
How many laws were there in Mesopotamia?
282
100
What is a scribe?
A scribe is a person who has been trained to write.
100
Favourite colour?
Purple
200
Mesopotamia was part of the area known as the _______ ________.
Fertile Crescent
200
What is a city-state?
They are independent cities or kingdom that do not belong to a country.
200
What were the 6 main innovations of Mesopotamia?
Engineering, Farming technology, Astronomy, Mathematics, Writing, and Laws
200
What is a barter system? Give an example.
A system in which goods are traded for other goods. For example, a carpenter could trade a table to a farmer to get some grain.
200
Favourite number?
33
300
What does Mesopotamia mean?
The Land Between Two Rivers
300
How many different empires were in Mesopotamia? What are they? + hint: S, B, A, C
4 different empires (Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, Chaldea)
300
What two things did Hammurabi’s law bring to Mesopotamia? Answer in a full sentence!
Hammurabi’s law brought prosperity and peace.
300
What is Cuneiform?
It was the writing system of Mesopotamia in which symbols were used to represent words.
300
Favourite hockey team?
Montreal Canadiens
400
Why do people choose to settle along river systems?
Because these areas have such rich soil which is good for farming.
400
What brought the conflict and warfare of Mesopotamia? Why?
Fertile Crescent brought the conflict and warfare to Mesopotamia, because Fertile Crescent was good for either farming or trading.
400
What is the difference between Hammurabi’s law and Canadian law? Answer in full sentences!
The difference between Canadian and Hammurabi’s law is that Hammurabi believed that fear of harsh punishments would stop citizens from disobeying the law. However, Canadian law believes in trust and second chances.
400
What is irrigation?
Irrigation means changing the land to bring water to you through the use of canals, dikes, etc.
400
Sport to play?
Baseball
500
‘To grow crops, people irrigated the land. Then...’ What are next 5 steps as effects and causes?
The water drew the salt in the soil to the surface --> The soil became less fertile --> Farmers could not produce as much food --> The cities could no longer grow and thrive --> Traders moved to other cities, which in turn became powerful
500
Give us one benefit of trading and one disadvantage of trading.
-Mesopotamian could learn new languages, religions or inventions to make Mesopotamia better -brought warfare
500
What did Mesopotamians use writing for? How do you think the inventions might help?
Mesopotamians used writing for writing law, writing journals, expenses and stories. The invention helps us prove records keep track of trade, harvest, money, and socialize.(Answers may vary)
500
What is a chronology?
A chronology is a chart or timeline which shows dates and important events in order.
500
Favourite student?
Trick question: every student is Mr. Krahn's favourite. :)
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