What is the name of the mountain range found next to Mesopotamia?
The Zagros Mountains
100
Name two inventions of the Sumerians.
wheel, bronze, soap, plow, irrigation canals, etc.
100
What is the name given to a city and the land surrounding it? Mesopotamia had many of these.
City-states.
100
Who studies artifacts and how humans used them?
Archaeologists
100
What major sea is located to the WEST of Mesopotamia?
The Mediterranean Sea
200
Explain 2 things that make soil "fertile."
Water, nutrients, adequate sunlight, etc.
200
What is cuneiform?
Sumerian writing, usually written on clay tablets.
200
Who would be located in the group BELOW the king on a social class pyramid of Mesopotamia?
Priests, government officials and large land owners
200
In the primary text about a Sumerian School Day, what is the school boy aspiring to be?
A scribe.
200
What continent is Mesopotamia located on?
Asia
300
Which river is Babylon located on?
The Euphrates River
300
Before Sumer, people traveled from place to place on a regular basis to find their basic needs. What are the names of these people?
Nomads
300
What is the name of a complex society that has its own religion, class system, has an organized government, art, writing system and architecture?
Civilization
300
In the primary source about dueling city-states, what were the names of the two cities? Hint, their gods were Ningarsu and Shara.
Lagash and Umma
300
Why did the Sumerian's watch the phases of the moon?
To predict the flooding of the rivers.
400
Mesopotamia is now located in what middle-eastern country?
Iraq
400
What is an artisan?
A skilled worker who usually worked with metal products, cloth or pottery.
400
What was the name of the Akkadian king who set up the world's first empire. It lasted for over 200 years!!!
Sargon
400
The first people lived during the Paleolithic time period and they made a life changing discovery during that time. This discovery helped them survive through the Ice Ages that came after. What was that live changing discovery?
Fire!!!!!!
400
Why did Sumer have city-states instead of a united empire?
1. Geography kept them a part
2. They were constantly at war with one another
3. They built walls to keep each other out
500
Why did the first civilizations settle in the river valleys?
The two rivers gave them food, water and allowed them to travel easily.
500
Explain specialization.
The development of different kinds of jobs, meaning... people could have other jobs besides farming because the farmers could produce more food. Skills such as pottery making, metal working and craftspeople came from this.
500
Who do we have to thank for our own law system today? Aka: Who was the first emperor who created a set of laws for his empire?
Hammurabi
500
Explain the following law of Hammurabi in your own words and tell me how it is used today? "If he break another man's bone, his bone shall be broken."
Answers will vary.
500
Explain one influence from Mesopotamia that we can still see today.