Power Words
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates river
What is Mesopotamia
______ are similar to small independent countries
What is city-states
Name who was in the three social classes of Mesopotamia
What is kings/priests, merchants/traders/fishers, and slaves/enemies
Who was the first group to invade Mesopotamia in 2300 BC
Who are the Akkadians?
What other job does Ms. McGraw do at St. Agatha?
What is the learning support center specialist.
Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
What is Cuneiform
What two rivers was Mesopotamia in between?
The Euphrates and the Tigris River
Sumerian built networks of _____ to provide crops with regular supply of water
What is canals, dams, or reservoirs?
What was the name of the ruler of Babylonia and what were his set of codes called?
Who is Hammurabi and his code of laws
What organization/club is Ms. McGraw in charge of at St. Agatha?
What is youth ministry?
An ancient Mesopotamia temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine atop it
What is a ziggurat
What did people do to combat the food shortages that were happening in the foothills of the mountains?
What is move down to the river?
What type of religion did Mesopotamia have?
What is polytheism?
Name the 4 empires of Mesopotamia
Who are the Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Neo-Babylonians?
What sport did Ms. McGraw do in college?
What is swimming?
An area in southern Mesopotamia where cities first appeared
What is Sumer
Name 2 ways Sumerians combated flooding?
What is irrigation, canal, levee, or dam system?
What were the two main technological inventions from Mesopotamia?
What are arches and the wheel?
What is fighting in tight formation, soldiers carried shields in front, and soldiers threw spears behind.
How many pets does Ms. McGraw have?
What is 3?
A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government
What is an empire?
What major problem happened in the rivers that caused many city-states to fight?
What is build up of silt or arguing over who would clean rivers?
Name the 7 traits of a civilization
What is stable food supply, social structure, government, religion, arts, technology, and writing?
Who was the king of Neo-Babylonia?
Who is Nabuchadrezzar?
What city is Ms. McGraw in right now?
What is New Orleans?