Geography
The study of Earth and its people.
What is geography?
The belief in and worship of God, gods, or spirits.
What is religion?
A system of supplying water to an area.
What is irrigation?
Activities associated with the government and laws of an area.
What is politics?
The ranking of individuals in a society according to status and power.
What is a hierarchy?
The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
The belief in multiple gods.
What is polytheism?
Focusing on one particular skill or task in order to become good at it.
What is specialization of labor?
Multiple city-states under the control of one ruler called a king.
What is a kingdom?
The production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
What is an economy?
The semicircular region between the Nile and Tigris rivers.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The name of Mesopotamian temples.
What are ziggurats?
The first system of writing.
What is cuneiform?
A form of government that brings together several peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler.
What is an empire?
Shared customs, arts, institutions, and achievements of a particular people.
What is culture?
The three civilizations in Mesopotamia.
What are Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria?
The name of the primary god of Babylon.
Who is Marduk?
The ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs.
What is technology?
An independent urban settlement and the surrounding land it controlled.
What is a city-state?
An organization of people who share a common cultural background.
What is a society?
The modern day country located in Mesopotamia.
What is Iraq?
The name of the ancient Assyrian religion.
What is Ashurism?
The first system of laws.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
The name of the first known emperor in human history.
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
The largest social class in ancient Sumer.
What was the middle class (Clients and Commoners)?