Mesopatamia and fertile crescent

Question 1

Fertile Crescent

Answer 1

The Fertile Crescent is a large arch of rich fertile farmland

Question 2

Mesopotamia

Answer 2

Mesopotamia- The area of land between 2 rivers or the Euphrates and Tigris

Question 3

Surplus

Answer 3

Surplus- Making more than needed and trading it away

Question 4

Division of Labor

Answer 4

Division of Labor- New jobs created because not everyone needed to farm

Question 5

City-state

Answer 5

City-State- A city and countryside surrounding it

Question 6

Cuneiform

Answer 6

Cuneiform- THe world’s first writing system (Wedge shapes

Question 7

Epics

Answer 7

Epics- Poem about heroes and heroic feats

Question 8

Chariot

Answer 8

Chariot- A wagon like vehicle used in war to by the Hittites

Question 9

Ziggurat-

Answer 9

Largest and impressive temple, Big temples Sumerians created to worship gods (Believed gods lived in Ziggurats)

Question 10

Name where the areas of the fertile crescent are

Answer 10

Tigris River, Mesopotamia, Euphrates River, Persian Gulf, Fertile Crescent, Mediterranean sea

Question 11

What’s in a city-state?

Answer 11

• Big thick walls for protection
• Ziggurats
• Farmland
• Houses were close together

Question 12

Why did city-states have thick walls?

Answer 12

• For protection

Question 13

Why did the Civilations fight each other?

Answer 13

• For farmland

Question 14

Flooding to division of labor (1):

Answer 14

Flooding gave silt (fertilized soil)

Question 15

Flooding to division of labor (2):

Answer 15

• Once farmers controlled water

- They could produce more food.

Question 16

Flooding to division of labor (3):

Answer 16

Now less people had to farm

Question 17

Flooding to division of labor (4):

Answer 17

So people could choose any job (Division of labor)

Question 18

Achievements of the Sumerians

Answer 18

• The wheel:
• The plow:
• Math system:
• First calendar:

Question 19

Sargon

Answer 19

Established first empire. Got to know the leaders rather than just commanding them

Question 20

The wheel:

Answer 20

• The wheel: Was used for transport and other tasks

Question 21

First calendar:

Answer 21

• First calendar: (Factor of 60) To count days

Question 22

The plow:

Answer 22

• The plow: was pulled by oxen to plant seeds

Question 23

Math system:

Answer 23

• Math system: Very first math system (Factor of 60)

Question 24

Hittites:

Answer 24

The Hittites were a strong army after fall of babylon. Iron working, and chariots.

Question 25

Hammurabi’s code:

Answer 25

A strict set of laws written down about daily life. First time laws were written down and available to all.

Question 26

How many laws were in Hammurabi’s code?

Answer 26

282

Question 27

Why was Hammurabi’s laws so important?

Answer 27

First time laws were written down and available to all.

Question 28

How did they stop flooding (1)?

Answer 28

Built canals and walls to stop water

Question 29

How did they stop flooding (2)?

Answer 29

Controlled water when needed and took silt still

Question 30

What did Farming surplus do?

Answer 30

Farming surplus=Division of Labor

Question 31

Location of Egypt and Mesopotamia are similar because?

Answer 31

They were both around rivers

Question 32

What was egyptian religion based on?

Answer 32

It focused on the afterlife.

Question 33

Ramseas the great

Answer 33

One of the longest reigning pharaohs

Built massive monuments

Question 34

Queen Hatshepsut

Answer 34

Married her 1/2 brother
  Dressed as a man while pharaoh.
  Once she died everything she created was 
  destroyed.
  Greatest female pharaoh
   Worked to increase trade

Question 35

King Tutankhamen

Answer 35

Only 19 when he died.
His tomb was found in perfect
condition

Question 36

Pyramids

Answer 36

Tombs where pharaohs were buried

Question 37

Hieroglyphics

Answer 37

Written all directions
Used: Symbols/pics.
Early egyptians

Question 38

Alphabet

Answer 38

Phoenicians
Used letters
26 characters
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Question 39

Similarities

Answer 39

Both could be read

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