Unit 3: Mesoptamia

Question 1

A culture that has developed a system of government

Answer 1

Civilization

Question 2

A fertile region in Asia that includes the region of Mesopotamia.

Answer 2

Fertile Crescent

Question 3

The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; birthplace of the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations.

Answer 3

Mesopotamia

Question 4

Light soil in rivers that is moisture retentive soil type with a high fertility rating.

Answer 4

Silt

Question 5

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

Answer 5

City/State

Question 6

To believe in many gods or goddesses.

Answer 6

Polytheism

Question 7

A religious temple in Mesopotamia.

Answer 7

Ziggurat

Question 8

c. 2300 B.C. united Sumer creating the 1st Empire.
He became the 1st emperor & 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

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

Answer 10

Economy

Question 11

Divisions within a society and culture.

Answer 11

Social Structure

Question 12

(Wedge-shaped)- first form of writing EVER!

Answer 12

Cuneiform

Question 13

Writers or record keepers.

Answer 13

Scribe