Inventions/Innovations
The Sumerians of Mesopotamia invented this thing that helped carts move, helped transportation go faster and helped make art.
The Wheel
These people were believed to be able to talk directly to the gods. This caused them to have a lot of power in Mesopotamian Society.
Priests
What is the name of the fertile soil that is deposited on the land after flooding?
Silt
Is Mr. P the greatest, smartest, finniest, best teacher ever?
Duh, yes.
Irrigation is the system that moves ______________ around the City-State using Canals and Levees.
Water
Farmers were part of what class?
A. Nobles
B. Lower Class
C. Upper Class
D. Slaves
B. Lower Class
The two Rivers that border Mesopotamia are called the _______________________.
A. Tigris and Euphrates
B. Aligani and East
C. Tigris and Nile
D. Nile and Ohio
A. Tigris and Euphrates
A _________________ is when you have too much food and have to save some (or trade it for other resources).
Surplus
___________________ was a temple built in the center of each city state that was dedicated to a specific god.
Ziggurat
A person that could read and write was known as a _________________..
Scribe
Why was Mesopotamia called the "Fertile Crescent"?
It was in an area that was very fertile and in a crescent shape.
The training and taming of animals is called _____________________________.
A. Discrimination
B. Degradation
C. DeGrom
D. Domestication
D. Domestication
City-States built walls out of _________________ that kept Mesopotamians safe from invading tribes.
Mud Bricks
How were kings appointed in Ancient Sumer?
People believed Gods chose them
The science and practice of ________________ is also called Agriculture.
Farming
A ___________________________ follows its own laws and rules and has a Ziggurat in the center of it dedicated to different gods.
City-State
The ancient Mesopotamians practiced ________________________. A type of religion where you pray to many gods that control different parts of society.
A. Poly-o String Cheese
B. Monotheism
C. Polytheism
D. Christianity
C. Polytheism
The King that made the first set of laws. (They were named after him and called the _____________________ code.)
Hammurabi
____________________ is when there is no more rain, drying out crops and causing people to starve
Drought
______________________ is the system of writing that was invented by the Mesopotamians.
Cuneiform