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Kunz - Mesopotamia
Kunz - Unit 1C - Mesopotamian Civilization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "The Land Between the Rivers" | Mesopotamia |
| The Middle & Near East where Mesopotamia was once located | Western Asia |
| Semi-circular area in Western Asia where there was fresh water and good soil for farming | Fertile Crescent |
| Fresh water source that borders Mesopotamia on the east | Tigris River |
| Fresh water source that borders Mesopotamia on the west | Euphrates River |
| Large body of water south of Mesopotamia where the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers flow into the ocean | Persian Gulf |
| Mountain Range that borders Mesopotamia in the east | Zagros Mountains |
| Mountain Range that borders Mesopotamia in the north | Taurus Mountains |
| The region of southern Mesopotamia where city-states & civilization first developed in Mesopotamia | Sumer |
| a city that is an independent political unit (country) with its own system of government | city-state |
| A Mesopotamian empire ruled by Hammurabi who made a code of laws | Babylonia |
| A Mesopotamian empire known for its harsh military | Assyria |
| a large territory where several groups of people are taken over and ruled by a single powerful leader or government | emoire |
| a complex society with a stable food supply, government, social structure, religion, culture,technology, and a written language | civilization |
| the way people in a civilization are organized | social structure |
| beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people (way of life) | culture |
| the use of tools and other inventions to improve human life | technology |
| a system of canals, dams, and reservoirs that supply water to where it is needed | irrigation |
| a tool used for tiling, or turning, the soil to prepare it for planting | plow |
| importance | status |
| a person who makes money by trading or selling goods | merchant |
| an artisan who specializes in working with various metals to shape them into useful objects | metalworker |
| wheeled vehicles pulled by horses | chariot |
| a professional writer who recorded laws, etc. for the kings and governors | scribe |
| a belief in many different gods | polytheism |
| a Mesopotamian temple where Sumerians believed their gods lived | ziggurat |
| a small harp used during Sumerian temple ceremonies | lyre |
| 3-D carving that projects out of the surface of a wall | relief sculpture |
| an object that leaves a stamp when rolled in wet clay - used to add signatures to legal documents | cylinder seal |
| the science of planning and building large structures | architecture |
| a V or U shaped opening above doorways | arch |
| Mesopotamian writing that used wedge-shaped symbols | cuneiform |
| a sharp pointed tool scribes used to press writing into wet clay | stylus |
| a symbol that stands for a word or idea | pictographs |
| A Mesopotamian hero who defeated Humbaba and tried to find the secret to eternal life | Gilgamesh |
| A collection of 282 laws that required punishments to fit specific crimes | Hammurabi's Code |
| The modern country that now exists where most of Mesopotamia was | Iraq |
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