Mesopotamian Geography
100: The term "Mesopotamia" means "________ two rivers."
Between
100: Sumerians believed the king was supported by the ________, which helped strengthen the social order.
gods
100: The invention of the ________ made chariots possible for Sumerian armies.
wheel
100: A stable food supply means there is enough ________ for the population.
food
100: The leader of the first Mesopotamian empire, the Akkadians, was ________.
Sargon
200: The two rivers of Mesopotamia are the ________ and ________.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
200: The highest class in Sumerian society was made up of ________.
government officials
200: Strong walls for Sumerian cities were made from ________ bricks.
mud bricks
200: One major challenge in Sumerian farming was the lack of ________.
rainfall
200: Hammurabi is best known for his ________.
code of laws
300: The body of water to the southeast of Mesopotamia is the ________.
Persian Gulf
300: These people were responsible for recording laws and keeping records in Sumer.
scribes
300: The invention of the ________ improved farming and helped ensure a stable food supply.
plow
300: Sumerians built ________ and ________ to store water for use in agriculture.
dams and resevoirs
300: Babylon’s legal system was advanced because it gave ________ some rights.
women
400: The mountains between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf are the ________ Mountains.
Zagros Mountains
400: The tallest building in Sumerian cities, closely related to religion, was called a ________.
ziggurat
400: Sumerians used a ________ to write cuneiform on clay tablets.
stylus
400: Levees were built beside rivers to prevent ________.
floods
400: Nebuchadnezzar built _____and _____ to protect his capital city from attacks.
walls and moats
500: The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow in this general direction.
Southeast
500: The Sumerians were a civilization but not an empire. Unlike the Sumerians, the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires had ________.
one government ruling several groups
500: The Akkadians used this to gain power over Sumer.
military strategy
500: Silt, deposited by rivers, often clogged ________ canals.
irrigation canals
500: The ________ conquered the Israelites and took many captives to Babylon.
Neo-Babylonians