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Geography
Vocabulary- People
Vocabulary- Concepts
Class System
Empires
100
What did Mesopotamians build their houses out of?
What is mud, brick or clay?
100
What is a dynasty?
What is a ruling family?
100
What is Mesopotamia?
What is the land between the rivers?
100
Name the three levels of the class system.
What is the Upper, Middle and Lower Class?
100
Who created the first empire?
What is Sargon?
200
Where did civilizations first begin?
What is the Fertile Crescent?
200
What is polytheism?
What is the belief in many gods?
200
What is a region?
What is an area with similar physical features?
200
Who makes up the lower class?
What is slaves?
200
Who made the laws for Mesopotamia after the fall of the two empires?
What is Hammurabi?
300
How did Mesopotamians solve the problem of lack of rainfall?
What is they built irrigation systems?
300
What is a trader?
What is a person who takes goods to another place, trades them and then brings back the new goods?
300
What is a ziggurat?
What is a rectangular, pyramid-shaped temple?
300
Who makes up the upper class? (name all 3)
What is kings, priests and wealthy property owners?
300
Which empire was the most powerful?
What is Sumer?
400
Name 2 bodies of water that surround Mesopotamia.
What is (any 2): the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf or the Mediterranean Sea?
400
What is an empire?
What is a large area united under a single ruler?
400
What is a city-state?
What is a city that functions independently with its own government?
400
Who makes up the middle class? (Name all 3)
What is merchants, farmers and skilled workers?
400
What two empires made up Mesopotamia?
What is Sumer and Akkad?
500
Describe the locations of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in location to each other.
What is the Tigris is on top, the Euphrates is on the bottom?
500
What is a civilization?
What is a group of people who have a complex and organized society?
500
Name 3 enduring impacts from Mesopotamia.
What is (any 3 of the following): ziggurats, monarchy, class system, irrigation system, cuneiform, wheel
500
What is the definition of class system?
What is a structured hierarchy that tells a persons place in society.
500
How are religion and government related?
What is the belief that the gods chose the kings?