Mesopotamia Geography
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia is between what two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to honor gods?
The Ziggurats
What agricultural achievements did the Mesopotamians create?
Cultivation of soil, irrigation, domesticating
An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government is known as a what?
City-state
What led to the expansion of jobs in ancient Mesopotamia?
Food surplus
The way a civilization is organized?
Social structure
What is this area of land called?
Fertile Crescent
What is a word that describes the Mesopotamian religions and belief in many gods?
Polytheism
What was one of the world's oldest laws called?
Hammurabi's code
Powerful, ruthless, empire in Northern Mesopotamia?
Assyria
What were the jobs in ancient Mesopotamia?
Merchants, artisans, farmers
Who makes up the Upper Class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
kings and priests
What is the name of the modern day country?
Iraq
In Ancient Mesopotamia, what does Polytheism mean?
The belief in multiple gods
Why did the Mesopotamians need to build walls around their villages?
Easy to invade
Who created the oldest code of law?
Hammurabi, king of the Babylonian empire
What was something the Mesopotamians traded for?
minerals (metal, gold, silver, tin, lead, copper, and bronze)
Who makes up the Middle Class of Ancient Mesopotamia
scribes, craftspeople, merchants, and traders
What bodies of water are at the top and bottom of Mesopotamia?
Mediterranean sea and the Persian Gulf
Bonus Geography: What does Mesopotamia mean?
Between two rivers
What written language did Ancient Mesopotamians Create?
Cuneiform
Who was the king of the Akkadians?
Sargon
What did Scribes go to school for in Ancient Mesopotamia?
To learn to write
Who makes up the Lower Class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
farmers, laborers, and enslaved people
Fine particles that fertilized the land and came from rivers?
Silt
Who's duty was it to build and maintain the ziggurats?
King
Cuneiform is based on an earlier, simpler form of writing that used _______?
Pictographs
Name four major Mesopotamian empires
Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Phoenicians, Persians
What is someone called when they go to school to learn to write?
Scribes
BONUS GEOGRAPHY: an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared.
Sumer
What are the New England states?
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
BONUS: What happened on 12/7 (tomorrow)?
Pearl Harbor Attack, December 7, 1941 (US entry into WWII)
Ms. David has only ever broken one bone. What bone was it?
Broken elbow
Does Ms. David have a pet?
No-but she would have a dog if she could
high school American history, Spanish, English as a Second Language, Ancient History
What is the most interesting thing that we have learned about Mesopotamia?
multiple answers accepted