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Southwest Asia
6th grade chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did farmers in Mesopotamia get water for their fields? | through a system of irrigation |
| What was a result of food surplus in Sumer? | division of labor was developed |
| Who compiled a set of laws? | Hammerabi |
| What is an important difference between Abraham and those of the people of Mesopotamia? | Abraham practices monotheism |
| What was effected the most with the coining of money? | bartering |
| What is Mesopotamia? | the area between the Tigris and Euphrates river |
| What is a ziggurat? | a religious temple in Sumer |
| What is a monarchy? | a type of government |
| What is a scribe? | a person in Sumerian society whose job it was to write |
| What is cuneiform? | wedge shaped letter written on soft clay tablets |
| Who was the first person to rule an empire in Mesopotamia? | Sargon |
| Who was the Babylonian ruler that established a tax system to support the government? | Hammurabi |
| Who was a leader of the Israelites that led them out of Egypt? | Moses |
| What people invented a system of writing based on symbols that stood for sounds | Phoenicians |
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