Geography
What large body of water is located to the north of the ancient Near East?
What is the Black Sea?
What invention helped farmers to plow the fields?
What is the wheel?
What is the writing system used by the Mesopotamians called?
What is cuneiform?
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
What is a set of written laws from ancient Babylon?
What material did the Mesopotamians use to write?
What are clay tablets?
Name the two rivers that are significant to Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris River and Euphrates River?
How did irrigation help farmers in the ancient Near East?
It allowed them to water their crops more effectively, leading to better harvests.
What is a ziggurat?
What is a stepped temple used for worship?
What does the phrase "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" mean?
It means that the punishment should match the crime
What is one of the oldest known written stories?
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
What mountain range is located to the east of the ancient Near East?
What are the Zagros Mountains?
What is silt, and why is it important for farming?
Silt is nutrient-rich soil that helps crops grow better.
Who is the main character in the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Who is Gilgamesh?
Why was having written laws important for society?
It helped keep order and made sure everyone knew the rules.
Name one technological advancement that helped Mesopotamians in agriculture.
What is the plow?
Why was the region known as the "Fertile Crescent"?
How did the geographic and climatic features contribute to fertile farming land?
How did the advancements in agriculture lead to trade?
Surplus crops allowed for trading with other communities.
How did the changes in agriculture lead to the growth of city-states?
With more food, people settled in one place, creating towns and cities.
How did the Code of Hammurabi influence later societies?
It established the idea of justice and legal rights.
What was the significance of cuneiform?
What was one of the first forms of writing, important for record-keeping.
Identify a major body of water to the south of the ancient Near East.
What is the Persian Gulf?
Name one animal that was important for agriculture in the ancient Near East.
What is a donkey?
Describe the culture of the ancient Israelites.
They had a strong belief in one God and were known for their stories and laws.
Name one way in which the society of the ancient Near East was different from ours today.
They had a different system of government and laws.
Describe one achievement of the ancient Israelites.
They are known for their monotheism and religious texts like the Torah.