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Achievements

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Social Structures

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1-100 The two main rivers in Mesopotamia are…

1-100A What are… The Tigris and Euphrates ?

1-200 Mesopotamia is known as…

1-200A What is the Fertile Crescent?

1-300 The name Mesopotamia means...

1-300A What is “land between two rivers”?

1-400 Name one of the two mountain ranges that protected the Mesopotamians.

1-400A What are the Zagros and Taurus Mountains ?

1-500 Mesopotamia’s geography thrived on...

1-500A What is agriculture?

The people of Mesopotamia generally believed in many gods so they were called...

2-100A What is polytheistic?

2-200 Why did the people pray to so many different kinds of gods?

2-200A What is because they were afraid that they would be punished if they didn’t and rewarded if they did?

2-300 This is where Mesopotamians went to pray and leave sacrifices to the gods

2-300A What is a ziggurat?

2-400 These people served the gods/goddesses and often performed rituals and told fortunes

2-400A Who are priests and priestesses?

2-500 These were often left at temples to protect them from demons.

2-500A What are carved statues and figurines of gods as well as other sacrifices and gifts?

This achievement helped hold back the flood waters.

3-100A What is a levee?

3-200 What musical instrument was invented in Mesopotamia?

3-200A What is the lyre ?

3-300 This invention helped get water from a river to a canal or ditch.

3-300A What is a shaduf?

3-400 TT This helped bring water to places that needed it.

3-400A What is irrigation?

3-500 The taming of animals is called _____________ and it helped build the economy of Mesopotamia by bringing in more jobs for farmers and shepherds..

3-500A What is domestication?

Name 2 famous kings of Mesopotamia.

4-100A Who are Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar, Sargon, Ashurbanipal, Ur Nammu?

4-200 Rule by a king is called a...

4-200A What is a monarchy ?

4-300 The first set of written laws was called...

4-300A What is Hammurabi’s Code?

4-400 The collection of laws were written on this type of hard stone.

4-400A What isa stelae?

4-500 These people helped keep records and accounts for tax purposes...

4-500A Who are scribes?

True or False: The first coins were developed in Mesopotamia for trading purposes.

5-100A What is False?

5-200 The Mesopotamians originally traded through the use of this system where one product was traded for another of similar value.

5-200A Whatis a barter system?

5-300 Name some jobs in Mesopotamia besides king.

5-300A What are craftsmen, merchants, farmers, fishermen,weavers, metalworkers, potters?

5-400 Important business documents were signed or sealed using this invention.

5-400A What is a cylinder seal?

5-500 This word means that you have more than enough of something…

5-500A What is a surplus?

Name on job in each class: high, middle, low.

6-100A What is… high= king, priest upper middle=scribes, govt. workers middle= craftsmen, merchants, artisans low=farmers, slaves

6-200 The scribes were very important because they learned how to write in...

6-200A What is cuneiform

6-300 King Hammurabi was well known for his laws called “Hammurabi’s Code” which stood for or meant...

6-300A What is “an eye for an eye”?

6-400 Farmers were able to make their job easier by…

6-400A What is domesticating animals?

6-500 True or False: The city-states of Mesopotamia had the same social classes.

6-500A What is True?

Name one job in each social class: high, middle, low.

Let’s see your lists… king, priest scribes merchant, craftsman, artisan farmer, slave

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