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100

This word means "land between the rivers"

Mesopotamia

100

The name of the first people to settle in Mesopotamia (before empires united them).

Sumerians

100

The first empire to unite Mesopotamia was which one?

Akkadians

100

Sumerian temples built in the middle of the city

ziggurat

100

What are two ways in which Sumerian schools were different than schools of today?

Answers will vary

No girls allowed, only the wealthy allowed, no science taught, harsh discipline, long days( sun up to sundown), went year round, etc.

200

This is an independent city surrounded by farming villages

city-state

200

Man who wrote down Babylonian laws into a Code

Hammurabi

200

Very cruel conquerors who ruled with terror, had the largest army and ruled for the longest period of time.

Assyrians

200

What continent is Mesopotamia located on?

Asia

200

City-states had several characteristics that were needed in order for them to thrive, name 4 things every city-state would have.

Answers will vary:

Ziggurat, walls, farmland, river, poor/rich houses, school, etc.

300

The term for controlling floods and distributing water to lands when there is no rain? Examples include dams, canals, and levees

Irrigation

300

A person that writes down things for a living is known as what job?

Scribe

300

This group of people ruled two different times, giving the world such inventions like the sundial, 60 minute hour, and the 7 day week. 

Babylonians (New Babylonians)

300

What are the name of the two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia, helping give its name?

Euphrates and Tigris

300
The belief in multiple gods.

polytheism

400

The law that was based on the saying an "Eye for an Eye" was known as what?

Code of Hammurabi

400

This king had a policy of toleration when he ruled which was a first of its kind.

Cyrus the great

400

This empire had the largest empire that stretched for over 2500 miles in length and created a policy of toleration under the great king.

Persians

400

This is the Sumerian form of writing

cuneiform

400

The Sumerians invented some of these things (at least two)

Wheel, cuneiform writing, irrigation, plow

500

Sumerians built these as gifts to their gods, so that when they went out each day the gods would still be worshipped.

Votive Statues

500

This man was the king of the first empire that united all of Mesopotamia for the first time

Sargon

500

What are the 5 empires of the Fertile Crescent?

Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, New Babylonians, and Persians 

500

What are the 5 traits of a civilization?

Complex institution, improved technology, specialized workers, record keeping, and cities/settlements

500

When one person has all the control and makes rules for their people, but the rules do not apply to them is known as what?

Absolute power/unlimited government