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1 Mesopotamia Review

2 Cuneiform City-State Scribe Social Structure Canal Hammurabi Pictograph Levee Mesopotamia Chariot Culture Technology Civilization Sargon Ziggurat Irrigation

3 Tigris and Euphrates River
To control the water and store for later. For land and access to rivers Sargon First writing system; used wedge-shapes Babylonia Specializing in specific jobs Fertile Crescent It kept the land fertile for farming Sumer A city-state To keep records of business For his system of laws Violent flooding and long droughts Iraq

4 Between two rivers Sumer The Epic of Gilgamesh Hammurabi’s Code Ziggurats Tigris and Euphrates Sumer broke into independent city-states Hammurabi All of the above Priests and kings City-states Cuneiform Egyptians Occupation It was developed by the Babylonians It is a list of laws that controlled people’s daily life and behavior

5 The ________were the first people known to live in the Fertile Crescent
Sumerians

6 It had its own government.
City-state

7 The two rivers that are located in Mesopotamia is Tigris and__
Euphrates River

8 The word Mesopotamia means __between two rivers
Land

9 The land called Mesopotamia in ancient times is today part of
Iraq

10 The Sumerians used irrigation to control the ___
Floods

11 To move from one place to another.
Migrate

12 In what geographical region is Mesopotamia?
Fertile Crescent

13 Method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops
Irrigation

14 Fertile Crescent got its name because it has rich ____and is shaped like a crescent.
Soil

15 Skilled worker Artisan

16 The Sumerians invented the wheel, plow, Cuneiform, 12 month calendar, and ___
Sailboat

17 Cuneiform was created to keep track of __ records
Business

18 Only __ boys could become a scribe.
Rich

19 Record Keeper Scribe

20 The first kings were usually
War Heroes

21 Worship one god Monotheistic

22 Sumerian temple Ziggurat

23 Sumerian writing Cuneiform

24 Sumerians people were divided into three classes
Sumerians people were divided into three classes. The Kings/Priest were in what class? Upper Class

25 Worship more than one god
Polytheistic

26 _____ has been called the Cradle of Civilization due to their ideas and inventions were copied and improved by other people. Mesopotamia

27 ___is a form of government in which supreme authority is in a single person such as a King or Queen.
Monarchy

28 Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia and created the first empire? Sargon I

29 This king of Babylon that created the first code of laws using Cuneiform that cover all aspects of live? Hammurabi.

30 The ___ were known for being expert sailors and the alphabet
The ___ were known for being expert sailors and the alphabet. Phoenicians

31 An ___ is group of many different lands under one ruler Empire

32 What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make its army strong?
How to make iron stronger

33 The Chaldean king that built the Hanging Gardens was__
Nebuchadnezzar

34 Group of traveling merchants is called a ___
Caravan

35 What type of calendar did the Chaldeans create?
seven-day week calendar

36 Number 1 is__. Euphrates River

37 Number 2 is__. Tigris River

38 Number 3 is__. Babylon

39 Number 4 is__. Red Sea

40 Number 5 is__. Sumer

41 Number 6 is__. Mediterranean Sea

42 Number 7 is__. Fertile Crescent

43 Number 8 is__. Phoenicians

44 Number 9 is__. Assyria

45 History that happened before the invention of writing. 
Prehistory

46 Exchange of goods without using money is called a ___
Barter

47 Farming caused what to grow?
Population

48 Tame animals/plants for human use
Domestication

49 Another name for farming is__
Agriculture


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