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Location
Hammurabi
Religion
Hanging Gardens
Early Humans
100
In what modern day country is Mesopotamia located?
What is Iraq
100
Who was Hammurabi?
Who was a Babylonian king who reigned for 43 years.
100
What does Monotheistic mean?
What is the belief in one god.
100
What were the Hanging Gardens?
What is the structure King Nebuchadnezzar built for his wife. A multi-story building with plants.
100
What were the early humans called?
What is hunters-gatherers
200
Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its names, "Land between two rivers?"
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
200
What system is Hammurabi best known for?
What is Hammurabi's Code
200
What does polytheistic mean?
What is belief in more than one god.
200
Where were the Hanging Gardens located?
What is Babylon.
200
What did they do when they ran out of food?
What is moved to another location.
300
Why did Mesopotamia build canals?
What is they needed a way to control the rivers during a flood.
300
Briefly explain Hammurabi's laws. What was his belief?
What is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. He believed in holding everyone accountable for crimes.
300
Were the Mesopotamians monotheistic or polytheistic?
What is polytheistic.
300
Why did King Nebuchadnezzar build the Hanging Gardens?
What is to lift his wife's spirits. She was depressed because she missed her homeland.
300
What major development did the Mesopotamians invent that changed them to farmers?
What is the plow.
400
Why was it necessary to locate early city-states near bodies of water?
What is water was used to irrigate fields.
400
What element did Hammurabi's Code added what type of element that had not been used before?
What is revenge
400
What religion did Hammurabi use?
What is polytheistic.
400
What was King Nebuchadnezzar'a wife name?
What is Amytis.
400
What are people who move around constantly from place to place called?
What is nomads.
500
How did the Mesopotamians handle the lack of water once they started farming?
What is they built ditches/irrigation systems.
500
Explain this law, "If a son strikes his father, his hand shall be hewn off."
What is if a son hits his father, his hand will be cut off.
500
What was the basic political unit in Sumer?
What was the city-state.
500
How did the Babylonians water the gardens?
What is a chain-pump system.
500
What was the first writing system in Mesopotamia called?
What is cuneiform.