Rulers
Mesopotamian Technology
Civilizations
Geography
Vocabulary
100
#4 I was a Babylonian King who created the first collection of written laws, or code.
HAMMURABI
P.
100
#5. Two tools invented by the first farmers helped increase the amount of food produced:
The sickle and the plow
C.
100
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region,.
Sumer, founded in 4000 BCE. They invented the wheel and the world's first writing system. 
100
#10. Mesopotamia is located in which continent?
Asia, on the western side. K
100
#16. This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
Agriculture
J
200
#2. Instead of going to jail, the first written laws gave punishments that matched the crime, also known as what?
The "eye for an eye" code.
G.
200
#8. This Sumerian invention made it easier to transport things. People who ride the bus today benefit from it.
The wheel.
E.
200
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi around 1750 BCE.
Babylonia. King Hammurabi created the first code of laws.
200
#9. Mesopotamia is located next to which African country? (Hint: we are learning this civilization next)
Egypt.
H
200
#15. An advanced human society with high levels of arts, sciences, and government is known as a ______.
Civilization
O
300
#3. An ancient wonder of the world built in Mesopotamia is the __________________
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
D.
300
#7. The Sumerians invented the first writing system that used wedges and was carved into ______.
Cuneiform was written on clay tablets. A.
300
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
Assyria, which came after the Babylonian Empire in 900 BCE.
300
#11. Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
Fertile Crescent. B
300
13. A large and diverse territory ruled by one leader or one government is called an _____.
Empire. L
400
#1. The kings tell the people that we provide divine support. We choose the king to rule.
The gods
I.
400
#6. The Assyrians also had weapons made out of this metal, which is way stronger than stone or wood.
Iron weapons 
400
This civilization came after Sumer but before Babylonia and was the world's first empire.
Akkadian Empire, founded in 2300 BCE.
400
#12. Mesopotamia located in the present day region called the _____.
Middle East. M
400
#14. Mesopotamians believed in many gods. This is called ____?
Polytheism.
F.
500
An ancient wonder of the world built in Mesopotamia is the __________________
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
500
The Assyrians also had weapons made out of this metal, which is way stronger than stone or wood.
Iron weapons
500
The Akkadians were the world's first empire. They conquered their neighbors in order gain what?
Good farm land, wealth, and slaves.
500
Mesopotamia is located next to which African country?
Egypt.
500
All civilizations in human history, so far, have a _______. (Hint: it looks like a pyramid with a king on top).
Social structure 