City-States, Sumer, Mesopotamia

City-States

100

The earliest settlements in Mesopotamia were like small, independent countries. They are called

city states

200

What was the key to successful farming in Sumer?

Controlling the water supply

300

Name 2 ways that the city-states controlled water

1.) Building dams 2.) irrigation systems 3.) Built levees 4.) Built reservoirs 5.) Built canals

400

What was the main issue with canals and how did they solve it?

It clogged with silt. They cleaned it often

500

Why did they build walls around their cities?

To keep out invaders, to protect themselves.

Sumer

100

The Sumerians believed that their ______ supported and chose their kings

gods

200

Name one type of person at the middle of the social class structure

merchants and artisans

300

Name two different types of people at the top of the Sumerian Social Structure (the highest class)

priests, kings, nobles, and government officials

400

Name 2 inventions made by the Sumerians that helped them to have a regular food supply

1.) Irrigation system 2.) the plow

500

Name 3 different characteristics of a civilization

• a stable food supply, to ensure that the people of a society have the food they need to survive
• a social structure [social structure: the way a civilization is organized] with different social levels and jobs
• a system of government, to ensure that life in the society is orderly
• a religious system, which involves both a set of beliefs and forms of worship
• a highly developed way of life that includes the arts, such as painting, architecture, music, and literature
• advances in technology
• a highly developed written language

Mesopotamia Empires

100

The first of the four Mesopotamia Empires are...

Akkadians

200

_____ was the ruler of the Akkadian Empire

Sargon

300

Mesopotamia is the modern country of what?

Iraq

400

Why did almost all of the empires collapse?

Too much land to rule

500

What was the name of the Empire that rose twice?

Neo-Babylonian 

Vocab

100

a military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender

seige

200

the way a civilization is organized

Social Structure

300

a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure

Civilization

400

an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top

Ziggurats

500

A person who writes and helped to record laws

scribe

Misc

100

What is my dog's name?

Harley

200

The written language created by the Sumerians is called...

Cuneiform

300

What was the third empire to rule?

Assyrian

400

What was the most important invention made by the Sumerians? *hint: it made travel easier, carrying heavy objects easer, etc.

the wheel

500

Who was the ruler of the Neo-Babylonion Empire? Hint: it's a long, funny name

Nebuchadnezzar