The Land and History
When Mesopotamia was first formed
What is 3500 BCE.
Number of levels in the social structure of Mesopotamia.
What is 6 levels.
What is the belief in more than 1 god?
What is polytheism.
Mesopotamians were the first to use this and it is used everywhere in the world in so many ways.
What is "The Wheel"
What did Mesopotamians have to use their goods to trade other people to get?
What is ivory, wood, and stone.
Names of the Rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia.
What are Euphrates and Tigris Rivers.
What did boys learn in school?
What is reading, writing, mathematics, science, history and geography.
What did Mesopotamians build for their gods and goddesses to live in when visiting earth?
What are Ziggurats.
What system did the Mesopotamians create to water their farming land?
What is, irrigation.
What is the name of a sorcerer (person who treated the sick with spells and charms)
What is an ashipu.
What BCE stands for
What is Before Common Era
What was the name of people who were writers that worked for religious temples or the government.
Scribes
What did the Mesopotamians use to make their first jewelry, tools and weapons?
What is copper.
What is the name of the writing language Mesopotamians created with picture words?
What is, cuneiform.
Name of 2 physical geographic features for Mesopotamia.
What are rivers, marshes, mountains, deserts, lakes or oceans.
What age did boys of wealthy families go to school.
What is 8 or 9 years old.
Who was the God of Earth and Water
Who is Enki
What did the Mesopotamians create to help animals pull their ploughs?
What is the yoke.
Name one of the picture symbols that was in the book to show the writing in Mesopotamia.
What are, mountain, grain, ox or bird.
Mesopotamia was ruled by how many major civilizations and name 2 of them.
What is four civilizations: Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans.
How did someone become a slave in Mesopotamia?
They were a prisoner from a war or they sold themselves into slavery because they needed money so badly.
According to Hammurabi's Code of Law, if a noble has committed robbery what will happen to them?
What is, they will be put to death.
What made the strongest weapons and tools?
What is iron.
What number was the Mesopotamians math system built from?
What is, 60.