Mesopotamia study guide questions Flashcards
1
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- What is it called when you have more than enough.
A
Surplus
2
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- List the artistic advances of the Sumerians.
A
Sculptures of gods
Low quality pottery
Jewelry making
Cylinder seals
Music
3
Q
- How did the Phoenicians get rich.
A
Trading cedar wood and purple dye
4
Q
- Define epic.
A
Long stories about heroes
5
Q
- What is the difference between ‘rural’ and ‘urban’?
A
Rural means country, while urban means city
6
Q
- What does Mesopotamia mean?
A
Land between the rivers
7
Q
- Who goes in what layer in the “social hierarchy” diagram?
A
Kings
Priests
Craftspeople/merchants/trader
Farmers
8
Q
- What is the term that means people have lots of jobs to pick from?
A
Division of labor
9
Q
- What’s it called when you believe in more than one god?
A
Polytheism
10
Q
- Which empire had all the war toys?
A
Assyrian
11
Q
- Who has the ‘Hanging Gardens’ built?
A
Nebuchadnezzar
12
Q
- Define ‘empire’.
A
When one ruler is in charge of a bunch of different civs
13
Q
- What is a scribe?
A
Someone that can read and write
14
Q
- What is the ‘fertile crescent’?
A
An arc of farmable land from the Mediterranean to the Persian gulf
15
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- Sumerians studied how to design fancier structures. What’s that called?
A
Architecture
