Geography
What does the word 'Mesopotamia' mean?
Multiple gods
No!
Which civilization started smelting iron, made a peace treaty with the Egyptians, and compensated victims?
Hittites
Chrome books use Chrome OS, an operating system created by what company?
What do you call a small river/stream that flows into a larger river?
Tributary
How did a king become an emperor?
Conquering other city-states
What was cuneiform?
Early form of writing (marks on clay tablets)
Which civilization had a standing army and made their conquered cities pay taxes and give tributes?
Assyrians
What sports does Mr. O'Rourke coach?
Ice Hockey and Cross Country
The King was at the top of the social hierarchy. Who was just below him?
Nobles, priests, officials
A professional writer who would also read aloud for audiences is called a ______
Scribe
Which civilization did Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II rule?
Babylonians
How many students are in this class (total, not just today)?
(idk Mr. O'Rourke, look it up on PowerSchool)
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers start in the _____ Mountains and end in the _______ Gulf.
Taurus ... Persian
What was a ziggurat?
Pyramid-temple
Digging canals to move fresh water away from rivers is called _______
Irrigation
A foreign soldier hired to fight for another country is called a _______
A) Standing army B) Citizen-soldier C) Mercenary
C) Mercenary
What allowed humans to transition from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to building civilizations?
Agriculture