Maps & Geography
Geography is ______.
The study of the land, Earth, and how it affects the people.
A natural resource is __________________ .
a raw material from the Earth that has been untouched by humans.
Sargon was the first known ______ of Mesopotamia.
Conquorer
The Tower of Babel; The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are examples of what?
Seven Wonders of the World
The first writing system. The plow. The sailboat. The first lunar calendar.
Achievements of Sumer
Latitude is ______ and longitude is _______.
horizontal, vertical
Light items could be transported by _____.
Foot
Sargon built a capital city called _____.
Akkad
This ruler united most of this area after a triumphant military campaign
Hammurabi
The approx. year in which Sumer began to establish itself as a city.
3500 BCE
The equator is the center line going _______, and the prime meridian is the center line going ______ around the Earth.
horizontal, vertical
The Mesopotamians invented the _____ which was then placed on _____, pulled by ______, to transport goods.
Wheel, cart, donkeys
Though the Akkadians were not Sumerians, they adopted the Sumerian _______.
culture
This invention brought water from the nearby Euphrates River to irrigate the Gardens of Babylon.
Chain pump
_____ allowed many people to pursue occupations other than farming, while still being able to meet their basic needs.
Surplus
When reading the coordinates of a location, ______ is always listed first.
Latitude
3 metals that naturally occur in Mesopotamia
Copper, Silver, Iron
Sargon was the first ruler to set up a ________________________ who served for a long period of time.
standing army made up of paid soldiers
The Tower of Babylon was built to honor this local god.
Marduk
______ was given as a tax to the government.
Barley
The ______ Gulf is connected to the Euphrates River.
Persian Gulf
The 4 types of boats used to transport goods
Coracle, river boat, raft, gulf boat
When the Akkadian empire weakened, the Mesopotamian city-states found themselves caught between two strong centers of power, _____, and _____.
Assyria and Babylon
Education was offered to both men and women. True or false?
True
One of the first stories / epic poems recorded.
The Epic of Gilgamesh