Geography
What does “Mesopotamia” mean?
What is land between the rivers?
Who created this code of laws?
Who is Hammurabi?
What is cuneiform?
What is a writing system?
What was the most common job in Mesopotamia?
What is farming?
Who were the first people to build a civilization in Mesopotamia?
Who are the Sumerians?
What two rivers define Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
What was the code written on?
What is a stone stele or tablet?
What is irrigation?
What is a system of watering crops?
What did scribes do?
What is writing and recording information?
What invention allowed people to keep records and laws?
What is cuneiform?
Why were rivers important to Mesopotamian farmers?
What is they provided water for crops?
What does “eye for an eye” mean?
What is equal punishment for a crime?
What is a ziggurat?
What is a large temple structure?
What were ziggurats mainly used for?
What are temples to honor gods?
What job required people to read and write?
What is a scribe?
What problem did the rivers sometimes cause?
What is unpredictable flooding?
Who benefited most from Hammurabi’s Code?
Who are nobles or the upper class?
What is a civilization? (name 2 features)
What is a stable food supply, government, or writing system?
What did irrigation canals do?
What is carrying water to crops?
This was the name for an independent city and its surrounding land
City-state
Explain how geography both helped AND hurt Mesopotamia.
What is it helped with fertile soil and farming but also caused dangerous flooding?
Explain how social class affected justice using an example.
What is punishments were different depending on social class (for example, a commoner hurting a noble received harsher punishment)?
What is a social hierarchy (all of the levels) and how did it affect people?
What is a ranking of people that determined power, rights, and treatment?
How did surplus food change daily life in Mesopotamia?
What is it allowed people to have specialized jobs like artisans, priests, and scribes?
Why is Mesopotamia called the “Cradle of Civilization”?
What is it was one of the first places where key features of civilization (writing, government, laws, cities) developed?