Geography
Religion and Politics
Social Structure and Economics
Achievements
Kings and Hammurabi's code
100
In what continent is Mesopotamia located in?
Asia *locate peninsula on a map
100
How was Sumerian civilization organized?
City-States
100
What is the definition of economics?
systems related to trade and money.
100
Sumerians invented the first written language, what is it called?
Cuneiform
100
Why is Hammurabi's Code significant?
It was the first set of written laws.
200
What are the two geographical features that most led people to start a civilization in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
200
Sumerian religion was polytheistic, what does this mean?
Believe in more than one god.
200
What is a merchant?
A person who trades or sells products for a living.
200
How were canals used by Sumerians?
To direct water towards crops.
200
What is the significance of king Sargon?
He created the world's first empire.
300
Why was the are of Mesopotamia referred to as the Fertile Crescent?
Crops grew very easily in this area that was shaped like a moon.
300
Why did people in Mesopotamia believe their kings were special?
They believed they were chosen by gods.
300
Name a group of people in the top, middle, and bottom levels of the Sumerian social structure
1. priests, govt. officials, landowners, king 2. merchants, craftspeople, farmers/fishermen 3. slaves
300
What were three inventions created by ancient Sumerians?
plow dams wagon wheel
300
What is a collection of smaller lands into one larger land ruled by one leader like a king?
An Empire.
400
What does the word irrigation mean?
A system for watering crops.
400
What is a ziggurat? What was it used for?
A ziggurat is temple where the gods lived. It was used for religious worship, ceremonies, praying to the gods.
400
"Rich Sumerians had slaves" is this an example of social structure or economics? Why?
social structure because it is talking about people with different levels of power.
400
Why was writing a significant invention in the history of the world?
Mesopotamia created the first writing system. Code of laws were written. Keep records of farming and trade. we can study documents from the past.
400
What does "an eye for an eye" mean?
What you do to someone gets done to you. If a man took the eye of a free man, then his eye would get taken out.
500
How did geography influenced the lives of Sumerians?
1. Deserts isolated city-states from one another. 2. Flooding rivers made the soil fertile for farming. 3. Rivers provided drinking water.
500
Describe the politics of Mesopotamia and what were the responsibilities of the government?
Mesopotamian city-states were ruled by kings who were in charge of the armies, building temples, and collecting taxes.
500
Why were artisans significant to Mesopotamia's economics?
Artisans are people who are skilled at making things that can be traded for goods that people don't have.
500
Mesopotamians created a complex society, what does this mean?
They created an advanced society with its own cultures and systems.
500
How does Hammurabi's code affect out lives today?
We still use the idea of having a code of laws.
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