Hammurabi
Mesopotamia
Vocabulary
Sumerians
History
100
Hammurabi was a king who recorded a system of laws called what?
What is Code of Hammurabi?
100
Assyrian kings had to be powerful leaders to rule such a large area, for this reason they divided their empires into what is called____?
What is provinces?
100
A group of many different lands under one ruler?
What is Empire
100
These two rivers are the location of the tip of Sumeria. Name these two rivers?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
100
What is the name of the calendar commonly used in the united states?
What is a Gregorian Calendar
200
Hammurabi code consisted of how many laws?
What is 282 laws?
200
Name the two empires of Mesopotamia?
What is Babylonia and Assyria
200
Forced payments from conquered people?
What is Tribute.
200
Sumerians created a way of writing called what and how many writing symbols (or different characters) did it consist of?
What is Cuneiform, it consisted 600.
200
a person who studies human culture and how it develops over time
What is an Anthropologist
300
Punishment of the laws was based on a persons what?
What is Social Class?
300
What is the capital city of Babylonia?
What is Babylon
300
A powerful weapon having a wooden beam mounted on wheels is called a what?
What is Battering Ram
300
Sumeria had 3 city-states, What are their names?
What is Ur, Kish and Erech
300
Lines of latitude go in which direction according to the compass rose
What is East to West?
400
for punishment of the laws, what were the consequences for wealthy people, explain?
What is pay fines, fees or money?
400
These prism like structures had temples or holy places of worship at the top. What is the name of this building?
What is a ziggurat
400
A person who copies or writes out documents. One who records history is called what? What important things might he record?
What is a scribe (answers will vary)
400
The first civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia were called what?
What is the Sumerians.
400
The name for the historian that studies fossils to learn what the world was like long ago
What is Paleontology?
500
For punishment of the law, what were the consequences for the commoners, explain?
What is face physical punishment (answers will vary for explanations)?
500
Sumeria's social class is broken down into 3 different aspects. Name the 3 groups and give a brief description of each class?
What is Noble, merchant/artisian, peasant
500
When merchants came as a group traveling to a city, this term was refered to as?
What is Caravans
500
According to the article that we read in class, Simply name 3 of the different time periods in Mesopotamian history?
What were The Iron age, Neolithic age, Copper age, Bronze age, or the Classic age?
500
lines of longitude go in which direction according to the compass rose.
What is North to South?
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