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Aurora Quiz 10/22/24 > Chapter 6 > Flashcards

Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Levee

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Wall of Earth Built to prevent a river from flooding

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Cuneiform

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writing that uses wedge-shaped structures on clay tablets.

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Civilization

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Culture marked by development in arts, sciences government and social structure

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City-States

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an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws.

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Arch

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A building technique that add strength and beauty to the architecture.

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Social Structure

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The way a society or civilization is organized.

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Pictograph

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A symbol that stands for an object

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Culture

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Beliefs and behaviors of a group of people.

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Irrigation Systems

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way of supplying land with water for growing crops

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Scribe

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A person who writes.

One job was to write down the laws.

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11
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Mesopotamia

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In greek means located between two rivers.

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Chariot

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2 wheeled vehicle

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12
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Technology

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use tools and other inventions for daily life.

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What does it mean if a society has a stable food supply?

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A society has a stable food supply if it has enough food to feed all of its people all of the time.

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14
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What change led people to move south to the plains

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Overpopulation caused people to move south to Sumer (flat land with little rain)

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Why did the Sumerian villages join together and work together to create the first cities?

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Sumerian villages joined and worked together to maintain the irrigation systems that would get clogged with sale

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How was Sumerian religion and government connected.

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Sumerians believed that the kind was chosen by the gods.

17
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What evidence shows that Sumerians were not Prehistoric?

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Written records were evidence that Sumerians were not prehistoric

18
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The upper class, common class and slaves are examples of which characteristic of civilization for ancient Sumer? Describe where each group lived within a city state.

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The classes are examples of social structure.
In Sumerian city-states. Farmers lived in small mud-brick houses at the edgeof the city.
Government officials and landowners lived in large and luxurious two-story homes in the center of the city.

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A ziggurat is an example of which characteristic of civilization

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A ziggurat is an example of religion because it was a temple tower with an outside staircase and shrine/temple on top

20
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Musicians, Architects and painters of ancient summer represent which characteristics of Civilization

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Culture. Musicians played drums Lyre and other instruments for entertainment.

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What were some inventions of the ancient Sumerians? Which invention most affected food supply?

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Sumerians invented the plow, wheel, and irrigation system. The plow most affected food supply

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Why were Sumer Ur Uruk Called City states

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Sumer , Ur , and Uruk were called city states because they were like independent countries. They had their own leader, laws/rules and farmland.

They built mud-brick walls and moats around the city state to protect it from invaiders.

23
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Akkadian Empire

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  • 2300-2100 BCE

*Leader=Sargon

*Capital= Agade

Achievements= Tight military, shields/spears, stele, Collected tributes, Knock down city-state walls

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Babylonian Empire

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  • 1792-1595 BCE

*Leader= Hammurabi

  • Capital= Babylon
  • Achievements=
    Code of Laws
    Trading center of Babylon
    Slaves and women had more rights.
    Roads
    Postal Service
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Assyrian Empire

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900-612 BCE
Leader= Hammurabi
Capital=Niveveh
Achievements=
Use of Horses
Iron Weapons
Siege warfare
Battering rams
Moveable towers
Aqueducts

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Neo-Babylonian Empire

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605-539 BCE
Leader= Nebuchadrezzar II
Capital= Babylon
Capital city had inner and outer wall, towers for archers and moats.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Sundial
60 Min hour
7 days a week

27
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What solutions helped Sumerians with their food storage problem?

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People moved south to Sumer (plains with little rain and flooding when mountain snow melted)

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How did the Sumerians fix the uncontrolled water supply?

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Developed the irrigation system.

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How did the Sumerians fix the difficulties in building and maintaining and irrigation system

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Villages had to work together (city-States) to maintain and clean silt from irrigation systems.

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How did Sumerians handle attacks by neighboring communities

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City-states built walls and moats for protection.

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What caused Mesopotamians to move to the river valley?

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Food Shortages

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What caused Mesopotamians to build the irrigation System?

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Uncontrolled water supply

33
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What happened as a result of Mesopotamians living in larger communities

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Conflict over water

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Aurora Quiz 10/22/24 (4 decks)

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