Thinking Like A Historian
Mesopotamia
Achievements
Hammurabi
100

The time period of human history BEFORE the invention of writing.

What is Prehistory?

100

A long period of time when there is almost no rain.

What is a Drought?

100

A building that was used both as a city hall and a religious temple

What is a Ziggurat?

100

If you slap your father, you would lose your _____.

What is your Hand?

200

The “stuff” or materials that get left behind by people.  These can be objects, art, buildings, etc.

What are Artifacts?

200

A very long time ago.

What is Ancient?

200

The first written language.

What is Cuneiform?

200

Another word for fairness.

What is Justice?

300

The remains of something that was once alive, like a plant or animal.

What is a Fossil?

300

Walls made of earth that people used to control where flood water went.

What is a Dike?

300

The invention that went round and round.

What is the Wheel?

300

Hammurabi's Code is most popularly known as, "an ____ for an ______."

What is an, "Eye for an Eye?"

400

A person who searches for evidence like fossils and artifacts in order to learn about humans.

What is an Archeologist?

400

They would dig ________ to take water from one place to another.

What are Canals?

400

A tool used to dig deep into the soil and plant seeds.

What is a Plow?

400

Hammurabi claimed he received the laws from the ____.

What are the Gods?

500

A type of evidence that comes from the time period a historian is studying.

What is a Primary Source.

500

Rich soil, deposited by rivers, that people used to grow their crops.

What is Silt?

500

One of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

What is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

500

Someone who is treated poorly and has their freedoms restricted.

Who is an Oppressed Person?

M
e
n
u