GEOGRAPHY VOCAB- ULARY ACHIEVE- MENTS CULTURE HAMMUR- ABI

Question NAME THE 2 RIVERS THAT NOURISHED ANCIENT MESOPOTOMIAN CIVILIZATION. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

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 ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

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

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LARGE BODY OF WATER TO THE SOUTH OF MESOPOTAMIA? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

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

WHAT IS THE NAME WHICH REFERS TO THE REGION KNOWN TODAY AS THE MIDDLE EAST? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

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. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

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 ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

A PROFESSIONAL WRITER FOR GOVERNMENT, THE TEMPLES AND BUSINESS. SCRIBE

A POLITICAL UNIT CONSISTING OF A CITY AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

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 ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

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

A SYSTEM FOR WATERING CROPS ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

– IRRIGATION A SYSTEM FOR WATERING CROPS

A SOCIETY WHICH HAS A SOPHISTICATED GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY AND RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE AND A KNOWLEDGE OF MATHMATICS, SCIENCE, ARTS AND WRITING ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

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

THIS SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT CAUSES US TO CLASSIFY IT AS PART OF HISTORY, NOT PREHISTORY ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

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

NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT TO GOVERNMENT ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

NAME AN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO GOVERNMENT THE CODE OF HAMMURABI; CODE OF LAWS

NAME TWO ACHIEVEMENTS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

WHEEL, SAIL, CHARIOT

NAME TWO SUMERIAN ACHIEVMENTS RELATED TO WATER CONTROL ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO IRRIGATION LEVEES, CANALS, AQUEDUCTS

NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO MATHEMATICS ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO MATHEMATICS BRAIN SURGERY GEOMETRY, TIME, CALENDAR

EXPLAIN ONE WAY SUMERIANS USED CUNEIFORM. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

EXPLAIN ONE WAY SUMERIANS USED CUNEIFORM. TO KEEP RECORDS OF TRADES AND OTHER BUSINESS DEALS TO WRITE LAWS TO WRITE STORIES KEEP TRACK OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

WHAT WAS A ZIGGURAT USED FOR? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

WHAT WAS A ZIGGURAT USED FOR? ZIGGURATS WERE USED MOSTLY AS A TEMPLE FOR THEIR GODS. THEY COULD ALSO BE USED AS WAREHOUSES AND OFFICES.

MESOPOTAMIANS WERE POLYTHEISTIC. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

QUEEN AND PRIESTESS MESOPOTAMIANS WERE POLYTHEISTIC. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THEY BELIEVED IN MANY GODS AND GODDESSES.

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A FAMOUS MESOPOTAMIAN STORY? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH WHAT WAS THE NAME OF A FAMOUS MESOPOTAMIAN STORY?

EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIAL PYRAMID. KING UPPER MIDDLE SLAVES ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIAL PYRAMID. THE HIGHER ON THE PYRAMID, THE MORE POWER YOU HAD. ALSO, THE HIGHER ON THE PYRAMID, THE FEWER PEOPLE WOULD BE IN THAT SOCIAL CLASS. MOST POWER FEWEST PEOPLE LEAST POWER MOST PEOPLE

WHAT WAS HAMMURABI’S CODE? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

WHAT WAS HAMMURABI’S CODE? A SET OF 282 LAWS COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF MESOPOTAMIAN LIFE – MARRIAGE & DIVORCE – TRADE – CRIME – FARMING

WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE DID HAMMURABI BELIEVE IN?

“EYE FOR AN EYE” JUSTICE – WHAT YOU DO, WILL BE YOUR PUNISHMENT – SOUNDS EQUAL, BUT HAMMURABI’S CODE WAS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF EQUALITY POOR AND SLAVES DID NOT RECEIVE THE SAME JUSTICE AS RICH, UPPERCLASSMEN. WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE DID HAMMURABI BELIEVE IN?

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF HAMMURABI’S EMPIRE AND HOW DID HE GAIN CONTROL OF THE REGION? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF HAMMURABI’S EMPIRE AND HOW DID HE GAIN CONTROL OF THE REGION? THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE HE DAMMED THE RIVER (TURNED IT “OFF”) AND THEN OPEN THE DAM’S GATES (TURNED IT BACK “ON”) AND FLOODED THE PEOPLE INTO DEFEAT

DID HAMMURABI’S CODE DEMONSTRATE EQUALITY? EXPLAIN. ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

DID HAMMURABI’S CODE DEMONSTRATE EQUALITY? EXPLAIN. HAMMURABI’S CODE DID NOT DEMONSTRATE EQUALITY. THE POOR AND SLAVES DID NOT SEE THE SAME CONSEQUENCES OR JUSTICE AS THE RICH OR UPPER CLASS.

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF HAMMURABI’S CODE? ARROW DOWN FOR ANSWERS

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF HAMMURABI’S CODE? TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF HIS EMPIRE AND MAKE SURE THERE WAS PEACE WITHIN HIS EMPIRE