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Title: Mesopotamia


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Mesopotamia
  • Study Guide

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1. What are the six elements all civilizations
have in common?
  • Cities
  • Government
  • Religion
  • Art
  • Class division
  • Written language

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2. What is irrigation?
  • Method of bringing water from another place to
    water crops

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3. What is a city-state?
  • Independent state made up of a city and the
    surrounding land and villages

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4. What is cuneiform?
  • Sumerian system of writing made up of wedge-shape
    markings

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5. What is an artisan?
  • Skilled craftsperson

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6. Mesopotamia is the land between which two
rivers?
  • Tigris
  • Euphrates

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7. What is the importance to living in a river
valley?
  • The water nearby allowed for great farming
    conditions

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8. What is the name of the southern region of
Mesopotamia
  • Sumer

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9. Why did they build a wall around the
city-state?
  • Protection

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10. What does polytheistic mean?
  • Belief in many gods

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11. What is the name of the temple that was built
to honor the gods?
  • Ziggurat

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12. In Sumer, who was in the upper class?
  • Priests
  • Kings
  • Government officials

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13. In Sumer, who was in the middle class?
  • Farmers
  • Artisans
  • Fishers
  • Merchants

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14. In Sumer, who was in the lower class?
  • Slaves

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15. Why is Mesopotamia called the cradle of
civilization?
  • The ideas of the Sumerians spread throughout world

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16. What is a scribe?
  • Record keeper

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17. How many months were in the Sumerian calendar?
  • 12

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18. Name 3 things Sumerians invented?
  • Wheel
  • Plow
  • Sailboat

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19. Who was the king of Babylon that was the
first to write down laws?
  • Hammurabi

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20. What was name of these first laws?
  • Hammurabis Code or Code of Hammurabi

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21. If a man broke another mans arm, what would
be his punishment?
  • The man would have his arm broken

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22. What was the most common punishment we
discussed in Hammurabis Code?
  • Death

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23. True or False? Hammurabis Code is an
important step in creating a fair justice system.
  • True

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24. What was the language of Ancient Babylon that
is still spoken in Iraq today?
  • Aramaic

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25. What empire took over after the fall of
Babylon?
  • Assyria

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26. The Assyrian Army was the first to use these
type of weapons?
  • Iron

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27. This was the capital of the Assyrian Empire?
  • Ninevah

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28. Who was the king of the Chaldean Empire?
  • Nebuchadnezzar

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29. Who did the Chaldeans lose their empire to?
  • Persians

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30. Why was Babylon the richest city in the world?
  • Located at the center of major trade routes
  • Hanging Gardens and Ishtar Gate

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31. What is an empire?
  • Group of territories or nations under a single
    ruler or government

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32. The Epic of Gilgamesh is very similar to
which story in the Bible?
  • The story of Noahs Ark
  • Remember The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest
    known story written down

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33. Who was the worlds first emperor?
  • Sargon of Akkad
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