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02 - Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia 6th grade
Question | Answer |
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Mesopotamia was located on this continent | Asia |
Land good for growing | Fertile |
Very fertile soil; left after a flood | silt |
To move water | irrigate |
Mesopotamia writing | cuneiform |
Belief in many gods | polytheism |
Building in center of each city | ziggurat |
This person helped the king & had to keep the gods happy | priest |
People who learned how to write | scribes |
A writing tool used by scribes | stylus |
King who wrote the first laws | Hammurabi |
These people had the hardest life. They worked for free & had no rights | Slaves |
Most people earned a living by | farming |
River in west Mesopotamia | Euphrates |
River located in east Mesopotamia | Tigris |
Modern day country for Mesopotamia | Iraq |
Long period of time without rain | drought |
Land between two rivers | Mesopotamia |
This person was in charge of the government in Mesopotamia | king |
Land ruled by a king | citystate |
Source made in the time we are studying: ancient ziggurat | primary |
Source used many years later to learn: class website | secondary |
Helpful invention for farming; pulled by an animal | plow |
Invention that allowed for faster travel and trade on water | sailboat |
People today call this region the | MiddleEast |
A government with a king or queen | monarchy |
An extra supply | surplus |