Geography & Landforms
This imaginary line divides Earth into Northern & Southern Hemispheres.
What is the equator?
Define “Mesopotamia.”
What is the land between the Tigris & Euphrates?
This is an amount in excess of what is needed.
What is surplus?
A city and the surrounding land it controlled.
What is a city-state?
Long periods of low rainfall
What is drought?
This is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses (water on both sides).
What is an isthmus?
“Ziggurat” refers to...
What is an ancient Sumerian temple that rose in steplike levels?
Moving water to fields.
How did irrigation help Mesopotamian farming?
Name one “Trait of Civilization” from Mesopotamia & define it.
Advanced Cities Specialized Workers Complex Institutions Record Keeping Advanced Technology
Geographic challenges did Mesopotamians face
What are desert, drought, floods, marshes?
This is the flat land along a river that floods and leaves fertile soil.
What is a floodplain?
Polytheism refers to:
What is the belief in many gods?
Rich soil from flooding.
Why was silt important in Mesopotamia?
Institutions like government, religion, schools are which trait?
What are complex institutions?
How did Mesopotamians manage flooding?
Built canals, levees, controlled water
Peninsula
What do we call land that is surrounded by water on three sides?
Cuneiform is...
What is one of the earliest writing systems, created by the Sumerians?
Allowed people to specialize in other jobs.
Describe how farming led to specialized workers.
Give examples of advanced technology in the context of Mesopotamia.
What are tools, wheels, mathematics?
What role did trade routes play in Mesopotamian civilization?
Exchanged goods, ideas across regions
This is the narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
Who is the Babylonian king and created the first written laws?
Who was Hammurabi and what he is known for?
Surplus supported craft, trade, governance and this allowed what to grow?
Explain how surplus allowed civilizations to grow beyond just farming.
Choose two traits of civilization and explain how we see them today.
What are e.g. we have specialized jobs & technological advances today
How did geography shape the emergence of empires in Mesopotamia?
Geography enabled some empires to expand control over surrounding territories