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An Eye for An Eye
Geography
Vocabulary
Mixed Bag
100
These were built mainly from the earth, in order to prevent river water from flooding land.
What are levees?
100
This civilization is known for having the first written laws
What is Ancient Mesopotamia?
100
"Between two rivers"
The location of Mesopotamia
100
These are reasons as to why city-states were called "city-states"
What is each had its own ruler and its own farmland?
100
Using their environment, ancient Sumerians built walls out of this
What is bricks made out of mud
200
This is why Sumerians built moats
What is to protect the cities from attacks?
200
Hammurabi did all of the following, EXCEPT this: 1. Become King of Babylon 2. Start Irrigation 3. Place his steles in public places for everyone to see 4. Base his laws on "an eye for an eye"
What is 2. Start Irrigation. Hammurabi had nothing to do with the discovery of irrigation.
200
This is the main reason ancient people settled down in the Fertile Crescent
What is the soil was good for growing crops?
200
This clogged irrigation canals, and it was a pain for farmers.
What is silt?
200
Hunters & Gatherers came from this age
What is the Paleolithic Age?
300
This is the process of bringing water to areas of dry land
What is irrigation?
300
The word "Just," as it pertains to Hammurabi's Code means this
What is fair?
300
Mesopotamia is also known by this name, because of its rich soil
What is the Fertile Crescent?
300
This is somebody who moves from place to place
What is a nomad?
300
This discovery ushered in the shift from the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age
What is farming?
400
These two rivers formed ancient Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers?
400
These are the three themes of laws that we researched in the DBQ
What is 1. Family Law 2. Property Law 3. Personal Injury Law
400
Food shortages in the hills caused ancient Mesopotamians to move here
What are the plains (flatlands)?
400
A large pillar-like stone that was used to display Hammurabi's Code
What is a stele?
400
This is a form of writing that people of ancient Mesopotamia would have been familiar with
What is cuneiform?
500
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow from the mountains and empty into this large body of water
What is the Persian Gulf?
500
This is the century that Hammurabi lived
What is the 1700s BCE?
500
Mesopotamia is found on this continent
What is Asia?
500
Agriculture means that you're doing these TWO things
What is Farming AND domesticating animals?
500
This time period is another name for the Old Stone Age
What is the Paleolithic Age?