Oh God!
belief in more than 1 god
belief in one god
What is polytheism?
What is monotheism?
a large territory or group of territories governed by 1 ruler
What is an empire?
fine particles of fertile soil deposited by flood waters
What is silt?
developed this writing system
What is cuneiform?
Name the 2 rivers in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
the people believed this would happen if the gods were happy.
the people believed this would happen if the gods were unhappy.
What is the crops would grow?
What is the crops would not grow?
a city that governs itself and the surrounding territory has its own government and way of life
What is a city-state?
the first civilizations arose in ______ ______ because of good farming conditions.
What are River Valleys?
those who made things of made of metal, cloth, or pottery
What are craftspeople or artisans?
Name 5 things that the rivers were used for
watering/irrigating crops
bathing
cooking
fishing
finding waterfowl
traveling/trading
a pyramid-shaped structure with a religious temple at the top
What is a ziggurat?
List characteristics of a civilization
What are
1. religion and government 2. written records
3. specialization of jobs 4. technology
5. social classes 6. development of cities
7. trade
the systems that supply dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
What is irrigation?
creator of the first empire
Who is Sargon I?
State the feelings of the Sumerians when the rivers flooded. Why did they feel this way?
Sumerians were happy because they were able to water their crops. Water was life to them.
A. The social class of the priests.
B. The social class of the farmers, and merchants.
C.The social class of the slaves and unskilled workers.
A. What is the upper social class?
B. What is the middle social class?
c. What is the lower social class?
Name of the schools in Mesopotamia
What are Edubbas?
the land between the rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
Raised areas of soil to protect crops from damaging floods are ___________. The holes poked into them made the water go into a ____ to transport water to the crops.
What are levees and canals?
3 things city-states fought over
What are boundary lines, to see who was stronger, and the rivers/water?
Religion is only 1 characteristic of a _______.
What is a civilization?
This person knew the will of the Gods and controlled the land.
Who was the city's chief priest?
got its name because of its shape and fertile land
What is the fertile crescent?
the head of a household
Who is the husband/father?
If the gods were unhappy with them.
The main goal of each Sumerian was to ......
What is their crops would not live grown and they would not live a happy life.
The main goal of each Sumerian was to please the gods.