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1
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What does Mesopotamia mean?

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The land between the two rivers

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where do crops usually grow best?

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near a river

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what are the two rivers called

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Tigers and Euphrates rivers

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which river is on the top?

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Tigers

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5
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What is the land where Mesopotamia is called?

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The Fertile Cresent

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What two seas are closet to the arch?

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The Persian Gulf and the Asia Minor

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What was South Mesopotamia?

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flat land or dessert

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What was north Mesopotamia?

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rock and mountain

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how long ago did the hunter-gatherers settle in Mesopotamia?

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12,000 years ago

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10
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Was the flooding of the rivers good or bad?

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good because it provides silt and that is rich soil for the crops

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when were some of the settlements?

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7000BCE

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12
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what did farmers grow?

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wheat, barley, and other types of grain.

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13
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what are other sources of food?

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Livestock, birds, and fish were also good sources of food.

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rural

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having to do with the countryside

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urban

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having to do with the city

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city-state

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a political unit consisting of a city and surrounding countryside

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Gilgamesh

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an Urk king who became a legend in Sumerian culture.

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Sagron

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Akkadian emperpor who defeated Sumer and built the world’s first empire

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empire

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land with different territories and people under one ruler.

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polytheism

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the worship of many gods

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Priests

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people who perform religious ceremony

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social hierarchy

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a division of sociology by rank an class

23
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true or false the people of Mesopotamia had a surplus of food

A

true

24
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cuneiform

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world first system of writing

25
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where was cuniform done

A

on clay tablets

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pictographs

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picture symbols

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scribe

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a writer and record keeper

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epics

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long poem that tell the stories about heroes

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architecture

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the science of building

30
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ziggurat

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a pyramid-shaped temple tower to make sacrifices to the gods

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did Mesopotamia have a lot of rain, was it easy to grow crops

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no, and so it was hard for them to grow crops

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silt

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a mixture of soil and rocks that come from the bottom of the rivers when they flood

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fertile crescent

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a large arc of rich farmland extending from the Persian Gulf to
the Mediterranean Sea

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civilization

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an organized group of people (society) that live in an area and work
to improve their way of life

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irrigation

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a way of supplying water to an area of land

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canals

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human-made waterways

37
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surplus

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more of something that is needed

38
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division of labor

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an arrangement in which people specialize in specific tasks

39
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Nebuchadnezzar

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the Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon

40
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who was on the top of the pyramid of people

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prisets and rulers

41
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who was on the bottom of the pyramid of people

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servants/captured slaves

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Polytheistic

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belif in many gods

43
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Theocracy

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religious leaders also lead government

44
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ziggurat

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large pyramid-like temple at city’s center

45
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what did they create in the math or science category

A

Used basic math & geometry based on 60 (60 minute
hour; 360° circle)

46
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when were the Sumerians overtaken?

A

Sumerians overtaken
by Akkadians around
2270 BCE

47
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When was Hammurabi the king/ruler?

A

1792 to 1750 BCE

48
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who built the hanging gardens of Babylon

A

nebuchadnezzar

49
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who ruled small farming villiges

A

the elders or grandparents

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