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Fertile Crescent Empires
Hammurabi's Codes
Geography
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What is the term for a professional writer?
Scribe
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What kind of resource describes the gifts of mother nature?

Natural Resource

100

What are the five empires of the Fertile Crescent?

Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, New Babylonians, Persians

100

What is the Code of Hammurabi?

First set of written laws

100
What were the names of the two rivers nicknamed the rivers of life and death?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
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What is the pyramid shaped building found in the middle of a typical city-state called?

Ziggurat

200

What do we call the resource that describes the knowledge, skills, and talents of people?

Human Resource
200

Which was the first empire to unite all of Mesopotamia?

Akkadians

200

What is the old saying that Hammurabi's Code is based on?

An Eye for an Eye.

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What was the mineral rich nutrient materials carried by rivers called?

Silt

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What is the term for the belief in many gods?
Polytheism
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What do we call the resource that describes the tools and technology used to make goods that meet the needs and wants of people?

Capital Resource

300

What is an empire?

Uniting an area of land under one ruler.

300

How many laws or codes can be found in Hammurabi's code?

282

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During good years of life producing floods what did the rivers supply the Mesopotamian people with?

The rivers supplied fish, clay, reeds, fresh water,  fertile soil (silt), and irrigation for crops.

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What is the term for controlling floods and distributing water to land when there is no rain?

Irrigation

400

King Hammurabi (government) would fall under what trait of a civilization?

Complex institution

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When one person has all the control and makes all rules for their people, but the rules do not apply to them is known as what?

Absolute power/unlimited government

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Within Hammurabi's Codes what were the differences between punishments on people from lower level of society and people from a higher level of society?

People from lower societies had harder punishments compared to higher society individuals.

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What body of water did the Euphrates and Tigris empty into?

Persian Gulf

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What is the written language that contains 1,000 wedged-shaped symbols and was used in Sumer?
Cuneiform
500

What are the 5 traits of a civilization?

Complex institution, improved technology, specialized workers, record keeping, and cities/settlements

500

Which empire controlled the most territory in Mesopotamia?

Persians

500

What three words best describe the Code of Hammurabi?

Strict, harsh, and unequal

500

What are the sources of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

Taurus and Zagros Mountains