Geography
What was the name of the land where Mesopotamia was created?
What is the Fertile Crescent?
What is the correct order of the empires of Mesopotamia?
What is Sumer, Babylon, Assyria?
Early settlers had to divert the water to the land along the banks of the rivers in order for their crops to grow. What is this process called?
What is irrigation?
What is the name of the building in the picture above?
What is a ziggurat?
The world's first system of writing is known as _______________.
What is cuneiform?
Mesopotamia is known as the land between the two rivers. What are the names of these rivers?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
Who invented the world's first writing system?
Who are the Sumerians?
What did early settlers in Mesopotamia use to improve their lives?
What are resources from the land?
Although used for many things such as sacrifices, scribe work, and meeting with the king, what was the main use for the holy building pictured above?
What are religious ceremonies?
Who created the Code of Hammurabi?
Who are the Babylonians?
What physical feature of Mesopotamia helped promote trade and war travel for the empires?
What is the Persian Gulf?
How many laws did Hammurabi create?
What is 282?
Why was irrigation important for Mesopotamian farmers?
What is to ensure their crops could grow?
What is a ziggurat?
What is a pyramid-shaped temple used for religious ceremonies?
What was the primary purpose of the Code of Hammurabi?
What is to establish laws and order?
Which physical feature helped Mesopotamian soldiers see enemies from far away?
What are the Taurus Mountains?
What was Sumer known for?
What is farming and creating cuneiform?
What did early settlers farm in Mesopotamia?
What is the land along the banks of the rivers?
What was the purpose of a ziggurat?
What are religious ceremonies?
Give one example of a law from the Code of Hammurabi.
What is Law 22: If anyone is committing robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.
What physical feature protected Mesopotamians from invasion?
What are the Arabian and Syrian Deserts?
What was Babylon known for?
What is creating the calendar and laws?
How did the Tigris and Euphrates rivers benefit Mesopotamian agriculture?
What is providing water for irrigation?
What other activities were conducted in a ziggurat besides religious ceremonies?
What are sacrifices, scribe work, and meeting with the king?
What was the purpose of the Code of Hammurabi?
What is to gain control of his people and show them how Babylonians should follow the rules of Mesopotamia?