Mesopotamia-Unit 3

Question 1

A culture that has a developed system or government, religion and learning

Answer 1

Civilization

Question 2

A fertile region in Asia that includes the region of Mesopotamia

Answer 2

Fertile Crescent

Question 3

Light soil that can have plants grown on them

Answer 3

Silt

Question 4

A legacy that consists of canals, artificial lakes and gates. Allows farmers to expand farm land

Answer 4

Irrigation

Question 5

An independent self governing city and the lands/villages around it

Answer 5

City State

Question 6

To believe on many gods

Answer 6

Polytheism

Question 7

A religious temple in Mesopotamia

Answer 7

Ziggurat

Question 8

c. 2300 BC. united Sumer creating the 1st Empire. He became the 1st emperor 7 expanded his empire north.

Answer 8

Sargon

Question 9

A written set of laws that apply to everyone under a government

Answer 9

Code of law

Question 10

King of Babylonian; creator of the Code of Hammurabi

Answer 10

Hammurabi

Question 11

The way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services

Answer 11

Economy

Question 12

Division within a society and culture

Answer 12

Social structure

Question 13

First ever form of writing

Answer 13

Cuneiform

Question 14

Writers or record keepers

Answer 14

Scribe