Geography
The nickname for the fertile area surrounding Mesopotamia.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The way people obtained goods before money.
What is bartering or trading?
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
The first set of written laws.
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
The most important Mesopotamian invention. Be specific.
What is cuneiform?
What is the name of the modern day COUNTRY that once was Mesopotamia?
What is Iraq?
A surplus of food made this possible.
What is division of labor or specialization?
The belief in one God.
What is monotheism?
The title of the supreme ruler of Mesopotamia.
What is a king?
The Mesopotamian mathematical base system number.
What is 60?
Name the two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
What are the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers?
Most Mesopotamians did this job for a living.
What is agriculture or farming?
The first monotheistic religion that came from the prophet Abraham.
What is Judaism?
The famous saying referring to Hammurabi’s Code that referred to its harsh punishments.
What is an eye for an eye?
The invention of following the moon created this invention.
What is a calendar?
What hemisphere is Mesopotamia is located in?
What is the Northeastern Hemisphere?
This individual could read and write and kept historic records.
What is a scribe?
The PLACE where priests lived and Mesopotamians worshipped their Gods.
What is a ziggurat?
Name one Mesopotamian Empire.
What is Babylon Assyria, or Chaldean?
Two elements of time that were invented from the base 60 system.
What is an hour/minute?
What was the first major city of Mesopotamia?
What is Sumer?
These individuals helped the king oversee his lands.
What are nobles?
Someone who directly receives the word of God.
What is a prophet?
The first money system of gold, silver, and copper coins.
What is a shekel?
This system of canals and levees helped farmers water their fields.
What is irrigation?