Geography
These are the two many rivers in Mesopotamia
What is the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers?
The worship of many goods.
What is polytheism?
Writing system created by the Mesopotamia's.
What is cuneiform?
The top of the social hierarchy in Mesopotamian society.
What is the king?
Primary method of trade used by the Mesopotamians.
What is bartering?
What percentage of Mesopotamians were farmers?
What is 80%?
The arc of rich farmland between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea?
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The structure that was built in the center of Mesopotamian city-states to honor their gods.
What is a ziggurat?
Significant invention the Mesopotamians created to assist with trade and farming.
What is the wheel?
Type of government established by the Sumerians.
What is a monarchy?
What was Mesopotamian money called?
What were shekels?
What roles did women typically have in Mesopotamian society?
What is taking care of children, cooking, and making pottery?
The modern countries that make up Mesopotamia today.(4)
What are Turkey, Iran, Syria, & Iraq?
Religious leaders that advised the king in Mesopotamia.
What were priests?
Hammurabi's contribution to Mesopotamian society.
What is a code of laws?
When did kingship become hereditary in Mesopotamia?
What is 3000BCE?
Why did Mesopotamians need to travel for trade?
What is due to a lack of natural resources?
What was a common practice regarding the burial of the dead in Mesopotamia?
What is burying them underneath their homes?
The invention that helped with agriculture in Mesopotamia.
What is irrigation?
The significance of individual gods for each Sumerian?
The believed they took care of them.
Mathematical concept the Mesopotamians developed that we still use today.
What is a 60 minute hour?
Advised the king on religious and military matters.
Who was priests and military advisors?
What goods did Mesopotamians typically trade for?
What are wood, metal, and stone?
How did Mesopotamians defend their city-states?
What is build walls and moats?
The primary reason that Mesopotamian's needed to trade for resources.
What is lack of resources?
Ancient text considered the first major piece of literature in Mesopotamia.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Architecture characteristic of Mesopotamian city-states. These were built in every city-state.
What is a ziggurat?
The role of the upper class in Mesopotamian society?
Provide support to the king.
What were BOATS made out of in Mesopotamia?
What is reeds and ropes?
What opportunities did slaves have in Mesopotamian society?
What is chances to advance in society?