CH.3 MesoPARTAAYMIA

GEOGRAPHY

100

The large expansive land that is good for farming in the middle east is called the ____________________. 

What is Fertile Crescent 

200

The ___________ and Euphrates Rivers were the main freshwater source for Mesopotamia. 

What is Tigris

300

The definition of Mesopotamia is what?

What is the land between rivers 

400

What city was known for having a large protective wall around it? 

What is Uruk 

500

What city was known for being the center of trade? 

What is Ur

EVERYDAY LIFE

100

The structures built for the gods 

What is a Ziggurat 

200

The job of someone who write information down on clay tablets. 

What is scribe 

300

Someone who sells goods 

What is a Merchant 

400

Someone who creates goods to sell 

What is an Artisan 

500

The person responsible for overseeing religious ceremonies and giving advice to the king 

What is priest 

EMPIRES

100

Who was known for creating a set of laws in Babylonia? (aka code)

What is Hammurabi 

200

What does "Neo" mean in the Neo-Babylonian Empire? 

What is "NEW"

300

What great ancient wonder of the world did King Neb II build?

What is hanging gardens of babylon 

400

Which empire was the only one to conquer land all the way to Egypt through their siege warfare and diaspora tactics? 

What is Assyrian 

500

What empire was the first to successfully conquer Uruks walls?  (Sargon was their ruler) 

What is Akkadian

INVENTIONS

100

First form of writing 

What is Cuneiform

200

A tool use to groove out the land to plant crops is called

What is plow 

300

How many days does the Mesopotamian Calendar have 

What is 30

400

What is the method for controlling water for crops. 

What is irrigation 

500

Hieroglyphs is the writing system used by what empire? 

What is Egyptian (or Egypt)