Geography
Religion
Achievements
Politics (gov't)
Economics
Society
100
This is the literal translation of the word "Mesopotamia."
What is "between the rivers"?
100
This is the worship of many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheism?
100
This wedge-shaped writing was the first of it's kind.
What is cuneiform?
100
This form of government is ruled by a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
100
This is an economic system where goods are traded for other goods instead of money.
What is a barter system?
100
This is a tier-based system of categorizing people based on their importance to society.
What is a social hierarchy?
200
The flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers brought THIS fertile soil to the fields of the Fertile Crescent.
What is silt?
200
This is a where priests lived and worshipped the gods.
What is a Ziggurat?
200
This achievement allowed for faster trading up and down the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is the sail?
200
This man conquered many Mesopotamian city states, creating the worlds first empire.
Who is Sargon?
200
Bartering for other goods was impossible in ancient Mesopotamia without having THIS to trade in the first place.
What is a surplus?
200
In a social hierarchy, THIS determines your place in society.
What is a job?
300
This was one way the ancient Mesopotamians adapted to their natural geography to make the land better to farm.
What is irrigation? (dams, levees)
300
The gods of Mesopotamia most often controlled an observable aspect of _________.
What is nature?
300
Without this invention, farmers would not have been able to grow more crops than needed to survive.
What is the plow?
300
Constant _________ between Mesopotamian city-states allowed conquerors to create large empires with ease.
What is fighting?
300
THIS occurs in ancient society once a food supply becomes stable and there is a consistent surplus.
What is job specialization?
300
Penalties for Hammurabi's Code varied according to an individual's _________.
What is social class?
400
"B" represents this geographic landform.
What is the Euphrates River?
400
This is what Mesopotamian kings claimed to be in order to command respect from their subjects.
What is a demigod?
400
THIS invention provided the basis for how we keep time today.
What is the Base-60 Math system?
400
A collection of soldiers that fight together for their career instead of a couple months or years at a time.
What is a standing army? (permanent army)
400
THIS was the primary use for the first kind of writing.
What is to keeping business records?
400
THIS job falls directly below priests on the Mesopotamian social hierarchy.
What is a scribe?
500
This geographic landform is the source of water for the Tigris and Euphrates River
What are the Zagros Mountains?
500
Anu, the king of the Mesopotamian gods, was the protector of which Sumerian city state?
What is Uruk?
500
This Wonder of the Ancient World was created by Neo-Babylonian Emperor Nebuchadnezzar for his queen, who disliked the lack of trees in the royal palace.
What is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
500
THIS is the phrase that describes the concept of innocent until proven guilty, which was first introduced by Hammurabi's Code.
What is "presumption of innocence"?
500
According to Mr. Nicky's song, the Sumerians traded grain for THIS good.
What is gold?
500
THIS was a right given to women by Hammurabi's Code, which was unique for its time.
What is the right to divorce?