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GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENTS WOMAN HOTS 10 20 30 40 50

Question 1 - 10 NAME THE 2 RIVERS THAT NOURISHED ANCIENT MESOPOTOMIAN CIVILIZATION.

WHAT ARE THE TWO RIVERS THAT NOURISHED ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION TIGRIS AND THE EUPHRATES.

WHAT MODERN COUNTRY IS IN THE SAME AREA AS ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

Answer 1 – 20 WHAT MODERN COUNTRY IS IN THE SAME AREA AS ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA IRAQ

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE WATERWAY TO THE SOUTH OF MESOPOTAMIA?

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE WATERWAY TO THE SOUTH OF MESOPOTAMIA WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE WATERWAY TO THE SOUTH OF MESOPOTAMIA ? PERSIAN GULF

WHAT IS THE MESOPOTAMIAN NICKNAME WHICH REFERS TO THE GOOD FARM LAND NEAR THE RIVERS AND THE SHAPE OF THIS AREA?

WHAT IS THE NICKNAME FOR MESOPOTAMIA THAT REFERS TO WHAT IS THE NICKMANE FOR MESOPOTAMIA THAT REFERS TO THE GOOD FARM LAND NEAR THE RIVERS AND ITS SHAPE? FERTILE CRESCENT

EXPLAIN HOW SUMER’S GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED ITS ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF.

EXPLAIN HOW SUMER’S GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED ITS ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF EXPLAIN HOW SUMER’S GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED ITS ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF. SUMER HAD NO NATURAL BOUNDARIES, LARGE SEAS OR MOUNTAINS TO PROTECT IT SO IT WAS OFTEN UNDER ATTACK.

A PROFESSIONSAL WRITER FOR THE GOVERNMENTS, TEMPLES AND BUSINESS

Answer 2 – 10A PROFESSIONAL WRITER FOR GOVERNMENT, THE TEMPLES AND BUSINESS. SCRIBE

A POLITICAL UNIT CONSISTING OF A CITY AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE

Answer 2 – 20 A POLTICAL UNIT CONSISTING OF A CITY AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY SIDE CITY-STATE

WHAT WAS THE CENTER OF A SUMERIAN CITY-STATE

WHAT WAS THE CENTER OF A SUMERIAN CITY-STATE? ZIGGURAT

GIFTS AND MONEY DEMANDED FROM A RULER

GIFTS AND MONEY DEMANDED FROM A RULER TRIBUTE

A SOCIETY WHICH HAS A SOPHISTICATED GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY AND RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE AND A KNOWLEDGE OF MATHMATICS, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS.

A SOCIETY THAT HAS A SOPHISTICATED GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY AND RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE AND A KNOWLEDGE OF SCIENCE, MATHMATICS AND THE ARTS. CIVILIZATION

THIS SUMERIAN ACHEIVEMENT CAUSES US TO CLASSIFY IT AS PART OF HISTORY, NOT PREHISTORY

THIS SUMERIAN ACHEIVEMENT CAUSES US TO CLASSIFY IT AS PART OF HISTORY, NOT PREHISTORY WRITING, CUNEIFORM

NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT GOVERNMENT

NAME AN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO GOVERNMENT THE CODE OF HAMMURABI

NAME AN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

NAME AN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION WHEEL, SAIL, CHARIOT

NAME A SUMERIAN ACHEIVMENT RELATED TO IRRIGATION

NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO IRRIGATION BASIN, LEVEE, CANALS

NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO MEDICINE

NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO MEDICINE BRAIN SURGERY

EXPLAIN ONE WAY IN WHICH THE CODE OF HAMMURABI PROTECTED WOMEN

THEY COULD CONTROL PROPERTY DURING THEIR LIFETIME. EXPLAIN ONE WAY IN WHICH MESOPOTAMIAN WOMEN WERE PROTECTED BY THE CODE OF HAMMURABI. THEY COULD CONTROL PROPERTY DURING THEIR LIFETIME. WOMAN COULD CHOOSE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THEIR HUSBANDS OR THEIR FAMILIES WHEN SICK AND TOOK THEIR DOWRY WITH THEM IF THEIR FAMILIES WHERE LOOKING AFTER THEM.

PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE IN WHICH WOMAN HAD ECONOMIC POWER

PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE IN WHICH SUMERIAN WOMAN HAD ECONOMIC POWER SOME WOMAN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BUSINESSES LIKE THE ASSYRIAN WOMAN IN THE READING.

WHAT WERE 2 POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL JOBS THAT SOME MESOPOTAMIAN WOMEN HAD?

WHAT WERE SOME POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL JOBS THAT SOME MESOPOTAMIAN WOMEN HAD? QUEEN AND PRIESTESS

HOW WERE SLAVE WOMEN TREATED?

HOW WERE SUMERIAN SLAVE WOMEN TREATED? FEMALE SLAVES OF THE QUEEN WERE KILLED AND BURIED WITH HER TO SERVE IN THE NEXT LIFE

NAME 2 WAYS IN WHICH MESOPOTAMIAN WOMEN WERE NOT PROTECTED BY THE CODE OF HAMMURABI.

NAME 2 WAYS IN WHICH MESOPOTAMIAN WOMEN WERE NOT PROTECTED BY THE CODE OF HAMMURABI WOMAN WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MATTERS OF ADULTARY IF THE HUSBAND CHOSE TO DO THIS. WOMAN WHO DISGRACED THEIR HUSBANDS WERE DISCARDED AND MADE TO BE SLAVES IN THEIR HUSBANDS HOUSEHOLD. WOMAN COULD NOT DETERMINE WHO TO LEAVE THEIR PROPERTY TO; IT WOULD GO TO THE MALES IN THE FAMILY AFTER HER DEATH.

EXPLAIN THE IMPACT OF 3 SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENTS OUR CIVILIZATON

EXPLAIN THE IMPACT OF 3 SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENTS ON CIVILIZATION ARCH, WRITING,MATH SYSTEM BASED ON 60

EXPLAIN 2 WAYS IN WHICH SUMERIAN GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED THEIR OUTLOOK ON LIFE

EXPLAIN 2 WAYS IN WHICH SUMERIAN GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED THEIR OUTLOOK ON LIFE. THE LACK OF NATURAL BOUNDARIES WHICH LED TO FREQUENT ENEMY INVASIONS AND THE DIFFICULT FLOODS FROM THE RIVERS INFLUENCED THE PESSIMISTIC ATTITUDE IN THE END OF THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH. IMMORTALITY IS SNATCHED FROM GILGAMESH BY A SNAKE AFTER A LONG JOURNEY FULL OF CHALLENGES. SUMERIANS BELIEVED THAT THE AFTERLIFE WAS A LAND OF SHADOWS.

WHAT VALUES WHERE IMPORTANT TO THE SUMERIANS AS EXEMPLEFIED BY ENKIDU, GILGAMESH AND HARIM?

WHAT VALUES WERE IMPORTANT TO THE MESOPOTAMIANS AND WERE EXEMPLIFIED BY GILGAMESH, ENKIDU AND HARIM? PRIVATE PROPERTY BRAVERY LOYALTY COMPASSION COURAGE CULTURE DIPLOMACY WISDOM

EVALUATE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE SUMERIAN TABLET SCHOOLS

EVALUATE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE SUMERIAN TABLET SCHOOLS SUMERIANS MADE THE MOST OF SCARCE RESOURCES BY EDUCATING JUST A PORTION OF THEIR POPULATION, THE SONS OF THE WEALTHY. THEY PROMOTED AND PRESERVED CIVILIZATION BY TEACHING CUNEIFORM, MATHMATICS, INCLUDING A NUMBER SYSTEM BASED ON 60 AND REENFORCED THE VALUES OF THEIR CIVILIZATION BY STUDYING THE EPIC, GILGAMESH.

SCHOOLS CONT. . . THE WEAKNESSES OF SUMERIAN SCHOOLS WERE THAT THEY EXCLUDED MOST PEOPLE INCLUDING WOMAN AND THE POOR. THIS LEAD TO A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY. SUMERIAN SCHOOLS USED CORPORAL PUNISHMENT WHICH DID NOT RECOGNIZE HUMAN RIGHTS. BRIBES TO TEACHERS WOULD SOMETIMES GET YOU GOOD GRADES. LITTLE CRITICAL THINKING WAS TAUGHT IN SUMERIAN SCHOOLS.

COMPARE THE CODE OF HAMMURABI TO AMERICAN LAW USING 3 EXAMPLES COMPARE THE CODE OF HAMMURABI TO AMERICAN LAW USING 3 EXAMPLES. DEFEND ONE CIVILIZATION’S LEGAL SYSEM.

TRIAL BY ORDEAL – Although it was not based COMPARE THE CODE OF HAMMURABI TO AMERICA’S LAWS. USING 3 EXAMPLES DEFEND ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS. 8TH AMENDMENT PROTECTS AGAINST CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT IN THE USA. TRIAL BY ORDEAL – Although it was not based on evidence related to the crime it did Bring about a resolution and avoided feuds. The decision was quick and made by a judge in Mesopotamia