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Mesopotamian Geography
Social Classes
Code of Hammurabi
Mesopotamia
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100
What does the name “Mesopotamia” stand for?
The land between 2 rivers
100
What class of people were considered the lowest in Mesopotamia?
Slaves
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100 - A ________________ is a group of territories under the rule of one king
Empire
100
What was the name of the area of land that Mesopotamia was located in?
What is Fertile Cresent
100
The two ways to measure location is Longitude and _____________
Latitude
200
What was the name of the 2 rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
200
200 - What was an example of a job in the lower class?
Farmer Laborer Artisan
200
200 - How many laws were in Hammurabi’s code?
282
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Why was the area of land that Mesopotamia was in called the "Fertile Cresent"
Flooding from the 2 rivers made the land perfect to grow crops
200
What was the name of the earliest human ever discovered by scientists?
Lucy
300
Before irrigation, what was the natural event that Mesopotamian counted on for their food?
Flooding
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300 - What is one example of a job in the upper class?
Lower Priest Artisan Scribe Worker for the King
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300 - what was the name of the Empire built by Hammurabi?
The Babylonian Empire
300
What was the first system of writing, invented by the Mesopotamians, called?
What is Cuneiform
300
What is the name of the giant religious temple that were built in the center of city-states?
Ziggurat
400
What was the type of fertile soil deposited by floods?
Silt
400
400 - What class was made up of Kings, their families, and high priests?
Nobles
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400 - What was the purpose of creating Hammurabi’s Code?
-To unite the people -to bring some fairness to the people
400
What is the name of the system of canals and levees that allowed Mesopotamians to farm more easily?
Irrigation
400
What are 2 of the 8 features of a civilization?
Central Government Money Social Classes Cities Organized religion System of writing specialized jobs art and architecture
500
Name at least 2 countries that are now located where Mesopotamia once was.
Syria Iraq Iran Saudi Arabia Jordan Turkey Egypt
500
500 - What job was one of the only jobs that allowed people to move up a class from the lower class?
Artisans
500
What belief was Hammurabi's code based on?
That someone who commits a crime should pay a similar punishment. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
500
Name at least 2 Mesopotamians City-States
Sumer Babylon Ur Uruk Nippur
500
What is "domestication"
Taming animals to be pets and to help with chores/farming