I DEFINE-natly know that
Who Dat/Wat Dis?
Geography
Big Time Chapter Concepts
All We Do Is Win
100
*****In Cuneiform Sumerian Scribes used what to represent words, ideas, and sounds?
A. Wedge shaped Carvings
B. Numbers
C. The Alphabet
A. Wedge Shaped Carvings
100
He is an important king who developed an overarching set of laws for all citizens to follow.
Who is Hammurabi (Babalyon)
100
The two rivers in Mesopotamia ?
T______
E__________
The Euphrates River
Tigris River
100
***The Mesopotamian mastered this technique which allowed the people of the region to grow a surplus of crops
What is irrigation techniques
100
Sumer was the world's first this
What is city-state
200
*****Land located between the Tigris and Euphrates River (Its not Mesopotamia, that is the whole regions name)
What is the Fertile Crescent
200
Hammurabi founded this empire
What is the Babylonian Empire
200
The large body of water that is surrounded by Africa, Asia, and Europe
Mediterranean Sea
200
The surplus of crops also lead to the development of this to develop. Examples are artisans, builders, and metal workers
What is specialized jobs
200
The largest group of people in Babylon were
a. Priests
b. Kings
C. farmers, slaves and artisans
D. Merchants
C. farmers, slaves and artisans
300
***Written language that evolved from pictographs to phonographs
What is cuneiform
300
He built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his wife, the queen
(Don't Worry this is next week's lesson)
Who is Nebuchadnezzar
300
The body of water south of Mesopotamia.
The Persian Gulf
300
Commercial trade to far-off regions like Egypt and Asia was made possible because of the invention of this.
A. Fire
B. Copper
C. Wheel
D. Cuneiform
The Wheel
(Sails for boats too)
300
Mesopotamia invented the measurement based on this number that eventually led to our current system of time
What is 60
400
Religious belief in more than one god
What is polytheism
400
A ziggurat is a type of
A epic poem
B writing
C religious ceremony
D building
D Holy Building 
400
*****A State Containing Several Countries or regions is called?
A. City State
B. Empire
C. Village
D. An Ally
B. Empire
400
*****Who were thought of as the only ones to communicate with the many gods of Mesopotamia ?
Priests
400
What is the rule of law ?
all members of society, even the rich and powerful, must obey the law
500
Oldest written book of laws in the world
What is the Code of Hammurabi
500
Another term for a city and the surrounding land it controls is
A. city-state
B. empire
C. kingdom
D. nation-state
A. city-state
500
Sargon created the world's first empire by ________
A. Conquering
B. Trading
c. Making Allies
D. None Are Correct
Conquering everyone around him.
500
***Hammurabi's Code was made so
A. Everyone knew what the law was
B. Punish Rivals
C. Conquer More People
D. All of the above
A. So everyone knew what the laws were (PDF page 17)
500
******In cuneiform, Sumerian scribes used what to represent words, sounds, or ideas?
A the first alphabet
B numbers
C wedge-shaped symbols
C wedge-shaped symbols