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Vocabulary
Sumer
Geography
Religion
Grab Bag
100
Small independent cities with their own government
What is a city state?
100
Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?
Each of them had its own ruler and farmland
100
Name at least one of the physical features found in the area called the Fertile Crescent...
What is Tigris and Euphrates River, Zagros Mountains
100
The belief in many gods
What is Polytheism?
100
What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
What is land between two rivers
200
The time before writing
What is prehistory?
200
What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?
What is an increase in population?
200
What is the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs?
What is to prevent dams...
200
The temples which people worshipped their gods were
What is a ziggurat?
200
A society has a stable food supply if...
What is it has enough food for its people?
300
The first system of writing created by the Sumerians
What is cuneiform?
300
What system did Sumerians use to water their fields?
What is irrigation
300
The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was...
What is between two rivers?
300
How does Hammurabi's Code reflect the religious beliefs of the Babylonians
What is Gods choose him to rule and Kings get there power from kids
300
What is Hammurabi best remembered for?
What is a code of laws?
400
Particles of rich soil left behind by flooding which could clog irrigation systems
What is silt?
400
Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?
What is they could record or write down the laws
400
What present day countries would be found in ancient Mesopotamia?
What is Iraq and Syria
400
What did people in Mesopotamia use religion for
What is help them understand the world around them?
400
Hammurabi's Code was important because...
What is it listed the laws and the corresponding punishments?
500
A person who could write in ancient times
What is a scribe?
500
What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric?
What is clay tablets with writing (cuneiform).
500
If you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built?
to prevent floods
500
Which Sumerian belief about the king helped strength the social order?
What is a king gets his power from the gods
500
List at least three of the major inventions
What is the wheel, arch, plow?