Vocabulary
The type of writing developed by Sumerians is called
cuneiform
Which best describes Mesopotamia's economy?
specialized labor
Mesopotamia is located between two rivers. They are the ____ and the ____ rivers.
Tigris and Euphrates
Hammurabi's code was important because it was the first set of written
laws
A civilization is a group of many different lands under one ruler. True or False
False
Farmers used a new system to water their crops. It was called
irrigation
Which best describes Mesopotamia's political system?
priests ruled, and then kings ruled.
____ is the city where Hammurabi ruled
Babylon
_____ were in control of the grain in the time of the early city-states.
priests
The invention of the wheel helped people transport goods. True or False
TRUE
Mesopotamia means
land between the rivers
Which best describes Mesopotamia's geography?
land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
The ____ people created the first city-states
Sumerian
____ was a king from Uruk in many of their myths or stories,
Gilgamesh
An empire is a group of many different lands under one ruler. True or False
TRUE
a city-state is
a self-governing city and the surrounding farmland
Which best discusses Mesopotamia's view of being ethical?
polytheism, the belief in many gods
Name four inventions or contributions from Mesopotamia.
Wheel, plow, cuneiform, astronomy
Who created the laws of Babylon and wrote them in stone?
Hammurabi
A farmer wrote records in cuneiform. True or False
False
_____ ______ is an area of good farming land
Fertile Crescent
Which best describes a part of Mesopotamia's culture?
They made board games and enjoyed music
What was the purpose of a ziggurat in ancient Mesopotamia?
Temple for worship
What helped the Assyrians build an empire in Mesopotamia?
their military power and government
Sargon conquered Mesopotamia in 2340 BCE. This is an example of what category from the knowledge and cultural understanding chart?
Historical