Geography of Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamia means "_______ between______"
Land between Rivers
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How did the Sumerian's use slave labor?
to cultivate (prepare) the fields and crops
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How did the Mesopotamians build ziggurats?
They used slave labor
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Well-suited for high production of crops
Fertile
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What is so important about the Epic of Gilgamesh?
It is the oldest written long poem
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many different lands under the rule of one government
Empire
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Put the groups below in the order they ruled ancient Mesopotamia:
Akkadians, Sumerians, Babylonians
1) Sumerians
2) Akkadians
3) Babylonians
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How did the surrounding deserts and mountains help the growth of civilization in Mesopotamia?
They protected them from invasion (enemies, attacks, etc.)
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How did the Sumerians use the wheel and sail to advance their civilization?
They used them to take agricultural goods to other city-states more quickly
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Why did Mesopotamians give offerings in their religious temples?
they wanted to be rewarded with peace and plentiful crops
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Worlds first form of writing (Written on clay tablets)
Cuneiform
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How did the Mesopotamians use the building below?
for religious worship and to store important government records
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people who worship many different gods
polytheists
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First ever written code of laws that applied in all areas of King Hammurabi's empire
Code of Hammurabi
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How did the Tigris and Euphrates rivers help ancient Mesopotamia? (Identify 3 ways)
1) When they flooded the area, fertile soil (silt) was deposited in their farming land
2) They were used for transportation of people and resources
3) They provided water used to water crops or for drinking
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Who was the first civilization to develop in Mesopotamia?
Sumerians
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What did Mesopotamian's use cuneiform and clay tablets for?
to record laws and important information
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a city and the surrounding areas of farmland that is governed by its own leader
city-state
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What are the 2 reasons the Sumerians domesticated animals?
1) for resources like wool, meat, and milk
2) to transport goods
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a long poem that tells the story of a legendary or real hero
epic
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How did the changes in transportation help the Sumerian civilization grow?
Using carts and boats made it easier to trade goods
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Why is the region where ancient Mesopotamia located known as the Fertile Crescent?
Because the valley's land was great for farming.
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How did the Sumerian's use metallurgy to improve agriculture? (BONUS: can you identify what they discovered through metallurgy and how they discovered it?)
they used it develop stronger farming tools
(Mixed copper and tin together to make bronze)
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Which ideas from the Code of Hammurabi are still important today?
1) One set of laws for all people
2) Hold all people accountable for their actions
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A system of canals that carried water from the rivers to the farmland allowing farmers to produce more crops on larger areas of land
Irrigation
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Place the events in the order they occurred
D) Agricultural practices improved
C) Not everyone was needed for farming
B) Some people specialized in trade
A) Trading centers grew into cities
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A government with a leader whose power is inherited through a royal bloodline (King or Queen)
monarchy
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What basic principle of justice does the excerpt from Hammurabi's code support?
Punishment should fit the crime
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label each geographic feature on the regional map:
-Persian Gulf
- Black Sea
- Zagros Mountains
-Tigris River
-Mediterranean Sea
-Euphrates River
A) Mediterranean Sea
B) Black Sea
C) Persian Gulf
D) Zagros Mountains
E) Tigris River
F) Euphrates River
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Identify the 2 most important geographic characteristics of ancient Mesopotamia that led to its growth by allowing the first settlers to grow crops
Access to water and fertile soil
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How was Sumerian civilization structured?
It is a collection of many small city-states that are each ruled by its own king.
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Fine sand or soil carried by running water and deposited on land
Silt
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Identify the solution to the problem and then describe the result.
Solution: They dug systems of canals
Result: Irrigation improved agriculture
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A person who uses specialized skills to produce goods or services
Artisan
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How did government in ancient Mesopotamia change after the fall of the Sumerian city-states?
The Akkadians created the first regional empire that was ruled by one King