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Geography
Geography 2
Essay (no 100 or 200)
100
The word that means "Land Between the Rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
100
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
100
Into what body of water do the rivers empty?
What is the Persian Gulf?
100
This mountain range is to the East of Mesopotamia.
What is the Zagaros Mountains?
200
A type of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols.
What is cuneiform?
200
What is the most important invention we get from the people of Mesopotamia?
What is cuneiform?
200
This is the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
This makes the land in Mesopotamia good for farming.
What is silt?
300
King of the Babylon Empire
Who is Hammurabi?
300
The first civilization in Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer?
300
This is the body of water that is southwest of Mesopotamia.
What is the Red Sea?
300
This is the mountain range where the rivers begin.
What is the Taraus Mountains?
300
Was the Code of Hammurabi fair? How do you know?
What is no? You can tell it isn't fair because not everyone got punished equally.
400
This was build to carry water over long distances.
What is an aqueduct?
400
Which civilization invented and perfected the wheel for trade and war?
What is the Assyrian Empire?
400
The body of water that is in the northeast.
What is the Caspian Sea?
400
Look at the maps provided, which is the correct outline for Mesopotamia?
What is d?
400
Hoe did Hammurabi's Code affect the rights and responsibilities of the citizens of Babylon?
Hammurabi's Code affected the rights and responsibilities of the citizens by stating what they could and could not do. The women and slaves had little to no rights. The punishments made them responsible for their actions.
500
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
500
Who invented the oldest written code of law?
Who is Hammurabi?
500
The direction that the rivers flow.
What is northwest to southeast?
500
This is the name of the region where we find Mesopotamia.
What is the "Fertile Crescent"?
500
Why did the people of Mesopotamia want to control the flooding?
They wanted to prevent flooding from causing mass destruction of homes and crops. They also wanted to use the water to irrigate their fields and store water in man-made lakes.