MESOPOTAMIA

Question 1

In what modern-day country did Mesopotamia begin?

Answer 1

Iraq

Question 2

What were the names of the two rivers which surrounded Mesopotamia?

Answer 2

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 3

What two major environmental problems did farmers face in dealing with these rivers throughout the year?

Question 4

How did the Sumerians overcome these “natural” issues with the rivers?

Question 5

What did having extra food allow the Sumerians to do?

Question 6

Explain the concept of a barter economy. Why do you think this type of economy is barely used today?

Question 7

Describe a typical Mesopotamian city-state, and how each city-state interacted with one another.

Question 8

Explain the 3 social classes and who was included in each in this society.

Question 9

Explain 2 reasons why the development of writing was so important?

Question 10

List at least 4 major contributions/inventions of the Mesopotamians (Sumerians included).

Question 11

Who was Hammurabi and what was his major contribution to society? Why was this contribution so important?

Question 12

Describe the concept of an “eye for an eye.”

Question 13

How is Hammurabi’s Code similar to the laws of the United States? How are they different? Provide two explanations for each.

Question 14

Why do you this area of Southwest Asia is nicknamed the “Cradle of Civilization?”

Question 15

Silt

Question 16

Irrigation

Question 17

Surplus

Question 18

Surplus

Question 19

Bartering

Question 20

City-state

Question 21

Polytheism

Question 22

Ziggurat

Question 22

Cuneiform

Question 23

Scribe

Question 24

Epic

Question 25

Empire

Question 26

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