Ancient Mesopotamia
People began farming the Fertile Crescent because the soil was ________.
A long period of dry weather is called ________.
Drought
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers start in ________.
Taurus Mountains
The purpose of Hammurabi's Code was to maintain ________ in Babylon.
Social Order
In dry areas, ________ makes farming easier.
Irrigation
________ were most often used to build houses in Mesopotamia.
Mud and reed bricks
The religion of the ancient Hebrews differed from other Middle Eastern religions because it was based on a belief in ________.
One god
The ________ Sea is found north of the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia on the map.
The ________ of Hammurabi is the oldest set of laws.
Code
A self-governing city and its surrounding lands with their own armies and rulers are ________.
City-states
The use of ________ helped the Assyrians control their empire.
Roads
Sumerian belief in many gods and goddesses is called ________.
Polytheism
Mesopotamia developed in the valley between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers because it provided a fresh supply of ________.
Water
Hammurabi’s laws tell us that Babylonian values included ________ punishments.
Harsh
A problem can lead people to come up with creative ways to solve it. The technology that the Mesopotamians created to solve their farming needs was ________.
Irrigation
Temples built by the Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshiped were called ________.
The belief in only one god is called ________.
Monotheism
The map is most useful for understanding ________.
Where Ancient Civilizations Began
Hammurabi’s Code helped to maintain ___________ in Babylonian society.
Order
The invention of ________ helped early civilizations improve agriculture by controlling water supply.
Canals
A group of different lands under one ruler is a(n) ________.
Empire
God made a special ________ with Abraham.
Covenant
Based on the evidence provided by the map above, one way in which all of these civilizations were similar was that they were located on or near ________.
Waterways
Based on the evidence found in the excerpt, the most accurate claim is that ________ were punished more harshly than ________.
Lower Classes, Upper Classes
The earliest form of record-keeping used by the Sumerians was ________.
Cuneiform