Social Studies (Mesopatamia)

Question 1

Fertile Crescent

Answer 1

A curved region with rich soil in the middle east.

Question 2

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Answer 2

Two rivers in Mesopotamia and part of it is in the fertile crescent and part of it is not.

Question 3

Ziggurat

Answer 3

A temple built for the gods.

Question 4

Polytheism

Answer 4

The belief in many gods.

Question 5

Silt

Answer 5

Rich soil carried around the region when the two rivers flooded.

Question 6

Cuneiform

Answer 6

A wedge shaped script used to keep track of their trade and so people could write their own languages.

Question 7

Hammurabi’s code.

Answer 7

A early form of constitutional government written in 1754 BCE

Question 8

Sumer

Answer 8

A city state that created cuneiform, the wheel, and ships.

Question 9

Akkad

Answer 9

A city state that created roads which helped the army move quickly.

Question 10

Assyria

Answer 10

A city state in which made art which had kings hunting, kneeling before gods, or conquering foreign cities.

Question 11

Babylon

Answer 11

A city state that created Hammurabi’s Code.

Question 12

Farming

Answer 12

A job that created the seed funnel which made it easier to plant seeds.

Question 13

Writing

Answer 13

A system of writing that included pictures and represent objects created in 3200 B.C.

Question 14

Math

Answer 14

A concept that was used to count goods.

Question 15

Bronze

Answer 15

People mixed copper and tin to make a new material for stronger weapons.

Question 16

The Wheel

Answer 16

A invention created in ancient Mesopotamia to make pottery, and milling.