Geography
The two main rivers of Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
True or false: As food increases, population decreases
False
This word means "having more than you need of a resource"
Surplus
This is the name of the main character of the world's oldest story
Gilgamesh
This king created a code of laws.
King Hammurabi
This is the nickname historians gave the area of land Mesopotamians lived on. HINT: They named it this because of its shape and ability to grow crops.
The Fertile Crescent
The Mesopotamian story about a king of Uruk.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
This helped Sumerians with transporting crops
The wheel
This word means "worshipping many gods"
Polytheistic
True or false: Under the Code of Hammurabi, all social classes were treated the same
False
This is the name of the Mesopotamian kingdom that Hammurabi ruled over.
Babylon
The name of the Mesopotamian writing system written on clay
Cuneiform
This made farming easier for Sumerians by providing another labor source
The great warrior from Akkad that united city-states
Sargon
This is a city that also serves as its own independent country
city-state
This type of natural disaster caused Mesopotamians to invent irrigation.
Flooding
The name of the temples built in Mesopotamia for religious purposes that they believed connected the heavens with the earth.
Ziggurat
This allowed Sumerians to control farming and help prevent droughts on their farmland
Irrigation
Mesopotamians believed that their gods could do this:
Control weather OR control daily lives
Mesopotamia had this type of government. HINT: It's usually ruled by an emperor.
Empire
Name two of the seas Mesopotamians used.
Red, Black, Persian, Mediterranean
Summarize one law from Hammurabi's Code
VARIES
This allowed Mesopotamians to use more sophisticated tools, replacing stone tools, for farming
Metallurgy
This is Gilgamesh's best friend, also known as "The Wild Man"
This type of government is ruled by a king or queen
Monarchy