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DEFINITIONS
SUMER
MESOPOTAMIA
ODDS AND ENDS
FIRST
100
Sumerian writing
What is Cunieform?
100
Gods and goddesses were found here.
What is a ziggurat?
100
The name of two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
100
An "Eye for an Eye" set of rules.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
100
The people who first used a battering ram.
Who are the Assyrians?
200
A political unit with its own form of government.
What is a city-state?
200
The Sumerians used this from the river to make this building material. You must answer both to get the credit!
What is mud and bricks?
200
The year in which Sumer was thought to have developed into a civilization.
What is 3500 B.C.?
200
The ruler who created a permanent army.
Who is Sargon?
200
This first of the Sumerians helps things move.
What is the wheel?
300
The worship of many gods.
What is Polytheism?
300
Math system based on this number.
What is 60?
300
The body of water found west of Mesopotamia, and the mountains to the NW. YOu must get both correct to get the points!
What is the Mediterranean Sea, and the Taurus Mountains?
300
THey made the first paved roads and postal system.
Who are the Hittites?
300
Tis first of the Sumerians began as a way to keep records, the people who did it, what they did it on, and what they used to do it with. You must get all four answers correct to get the points!
What is cuneiform, scribes, clay tablets, and a stylus.
400
The pyramid shaped structure that is central to Sumerian life.
What is a Ziggurat?
400
Something used by Sumerians to help plan when to plant crops.
What is a calendar?
400
The reason people settled in the Fertile Crescent.
What is fertile land? (good soil and water)
400
The best known work of Sumerian literature.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
400
Pulled by donkeys.
What is a chariot?
500
A means of supplying land with water.
What is irrigation?
500
It equaled 37,600 square feet.
What is an Iku?
500
THe body of water the Tigris and Euphrates empty into.
What is the Persian Gulf?
500
The combination of tin and copper makes this.
What is bronze?
500
A tool for tilling the ground in a Sumerian field.
What is a plow?