1. Geography Sensational Sumer Important People Chain of Civilization Early Humans History’s Detectives Key Vocabulary Potpourri 100 200 300 400 100 200 300 400

2. The two rivers that allowed Mesopotamian civilization to develop Tigris and Euphrates 100

3. Sumer’s favorite material to build with. Mud Brick 100

4. He created a legal code that covered almost every aspect of daily life. Hammurabi 100

5. The first and most important step in the chain. Agriculture 100

6. Things made by humans long ago. Artifacts 100

7. People who study and write about the human past. Historians 100

8. “Old Stone Age” Paleolithic 100

9. The continent Mesopotamia can be found on. Asia 200

10. Sumer’s most important invention. Writing 200

11. They were groups of traveling merchants. Caravans 200

12. Good farming techniques led to this step. Surplus 200

13. To tame plants and animals for human use. Domesticate 200

14. They dig up clues about the past. Archaeologists 200

15. Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth and pottery. Artisans 200

16. The rich soil left behind after the flooding. Silt 300

17. Ur, Uruk and Eridu were examples of these political divisions. City-States 300

18. They taught the Assryians how to use iron for their weapons. Hittites 300

19. Artisans are a result of this step. Specialization 300

20. The world’s two oldest cities. Catal Huyuk and Jericho 300

21. They study how humans and their societies develop. Anthropologists 300

22. Building dams, channels, walls, and ditches to bring water to crops. Irrigation 300

23. The two geographic features that stopped the Assyrians from expanding their empire. Deserts & Mountains 400

24. The four groups that made up Sumer’s middle class. Artisans, Merchants, Farmers, Fishers 400

25. Chaldean King who built the Hanging Gardens. Nebuchadnezzar 400

26. The two possible outcomes of the final step. Free exchange or conflict 400

27. The nickname given Mesopotamia. “Cradle of Civilization” 400

28. The two types of sources historians depend on. Primary and Secondary 400

29. The type of literature that made Gilgamesh famous. Epic Poem 400

30. The two words that best describe Mesopotamia’s climate. Hot and Dry 100

31. The two materials that are responsible for the Bronze Age. Tin & Copper 200

32. They invented the first calendar and the seven day week. The Chaldeans 300

33. The center of the Chaldean Empire. Babylon 400