Neolithic Revolution
Another word for agriculture
Farming
The term Mesopotamia literally means "the land between two ________"
rivers
Who was Hammurabi?
Leader who made Hammurabi's code
Means to control water
Irrigation
Another word for revolution
change
Why did early man settle in this area?
The rivers provided water and fertile soil
Hammurabi's code was a written set of _______.
Laws
What is the term for the sharing of ideas and cultures?
Cultural diffusion
Early humans who traveled around in search of food and resources
Nomads
In Mesopotamia, the rivers flooded and left behind ___________, which was good for farming.
silt
What does "eye for an eye" mean?
Your punishment was the same as your crime.
What is the term for taming animals for use in farming?
Domestication
Farming
Name 3 of the achievements of the Ancient Sumerians in Mesopotamia.
Wheel, plow, sail, writing, arithmetic, geometry, bronze
Why was Hammurabi's Code put up in public places?
So that everyone would know them and have no excuse for not following them.
Farmers who only were able to gather enough food for themselves and their family
subsistence farmers
Differentiation of labor
What were the two rivers that formed the fertile crescent?
Tigris and Euphrates
Many people thought Hammurabi's Code was too ________.
Harsh
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
The shift from the nomadic lifestyle to agriculture that occurred during the Neolithic period.