Geography
Ancient Mesopotamia is now known as...
Modern-day Iraq
King ___________ created the first set of written laws.
Hammurabi
This Mesopotamian invention allowed for trade to move easily up and down the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
sailboat
The dark, rich soil leftover after a flood is called...
silt
Each Mesopotamian city-state was built in honor of one _________.
god or goddess
These two rivers surround the Fertile Crescent or Ancient Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A ______ _______ was a city and all of its surrounding farmland. They also had their own government.
City-state
This Mesopotamian invention was created for use in war.
Chariot
Mesopotamians used the rivers to build __________ __________ to help water crops.
irrigation canals
In the center of each city-state, there was a ____________ which was used as a temple for worship as well as civil services.
Ziggurat
Ancient Mesopotamia was located on which continent?
Africa
The head of the Mesopotamian government is the ________.
King
Although we now use this Mesopotamian invention to keep vehicles moving, they used it for pottery making.
The wheel
A surplus of food allows a civilization to have ____________ jobs.
specialized
_______________ is known as the Father of Monotheistic Religion. He was born in the Mesopotamian city-state of Ur.
Abraham
Which types of natural borders did Ancient Mesopotamia have?
Deserts and mountains
"If a man put out another man's eye, then his eye should also be put out.", is a law from ___________ _________.
Hammurabi's Code
Mesopotamians invented the Base _______ system which we still use to keep time.
60
A surplus of food allows for a civilization to _________ for goods and services that they don't have.
trade
Mesopotamians were ____________, meaning that they worshipped more than one god or goddess.
Polytheistic
Because of their access to the rivers and a surplus of food, Ancient Mesopotamians could do what?
Trade
Although the King was the head of the government, __________ were at the top of the social class pyramid.
Priests
Mesopotamians invented the first system of writing called ___________.
Cuneiform
The _______ is a Mesopotamian invention that is still used on farms today.
Plow
Persian religion was the only monotheistic religion in Mesopotamia. It was called ______________.
Zoarastronism