Geography
Mesopotamia was located in this hemisphere on the continent of Asia.
What is the Eastern Hemisphere
These rivers were important to farming because they provided fresh water and fertile soil.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
A city and the land it controls is called this.
What is a city-state
Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic, meaning they believed in this.
What is many gods
This invention improved transportation and is still used today.
What is the wheel
These two rivers flowed through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
This farming technology helped control water for crops.
What is irrigation
This upper social class included priests, government officials, and scribes.
What is the upper class
This large temple in each city-state was used for religious ceremonies.
What is a ziggurat
This group was known for advanced military technology and fierce warriors.
Who were the Assyrians
This region of the world today is where Mesopotamia was located.
What is the Middle East
This was extra food or supplies created by successful farming.
What is a surplus
Mesopotamians built these around their cities for protection.
What are walls
Writing was important because it allowed Mesopotamians to record these (name one).
What are laws, trade, or history
This Mesopotamian invention helped keep track of trade and payments.
What is writing/record keeping
This landform was a good place for farming because of its rich soil and water from nearby rivers.
What is the Fertile Crescent
This invention helped break up soil and made farming easier.
What is the plow
This helped rulers maintain control, along with strong armies.
What are organized governments and written laws
The first writing system developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform
These goods made and traded by the Phoenicians were known as this.
What are exports
This environmental challenge made farming unpredictable in Mesopotamia.
What is unpredictable flooding
Mesopotamians relied on trade because they lacked these natural resources (name one).
What are wood or metals
This Babylonian king is best known for creating a written code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
The Code of Hammurabi was created to maintain these two things in society.
What are justice and order
The Phoenicians are credited with creating the first known version of this writing system.
What is the alphabet