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Mesopotamia
World History Chapter 4 study guide for Mesopotamia
| Answer | Question |
|---|---|
| city-state | a city and all the countryside around it |
| polytheism | the worship of many gods |
| Fertile Crescent | rich, fertile farmland in the shape of an arc in the Middle East |
| silt | soil left after flooding that's good for farming |
| irrigation | a way of supplying water |
| canals | human-made waterways |
| surplus | more food and other items than needed |
| civilization | a society that has developed systems of government, religion, and learning |
| Mesopotamia | What means 'between the rivers' in Greek? |
| Tigris and Euphrates | What forms the "Cradle of Civilization? |
| near rivers | In what general kind of area did early people settle? |
| Persian Gulf | Mesopotamia lies between Asia Minor and the __________ ___________. (what gulf) |
| Mediterranean Sea | The Fertile Crescent extends from the Persian Gulf to the ___________ _________. (what sea) |
| food surplus | Irrigation systems caused a ____________ ______________. |
| canals, dams, and levees | What was built to aid in protecting the land from flooding? |
| Hunter-gatherers | What kind of group first settled in Mesopotamia? |
| barter | trading one product for another without the use of money |
| Sumer | a land in Mesopotamia where the world's first civilization grew. |
| ziggurat | What is highest building in the city-state, built as a temple to the gods? |
| domesticate | changing plants and animals to make more useful to man |
| agriculture | farming; the domestication of plants |
| drought | a long period of dry weather |
| famine | widespread lack of food because of drought |
| Sargon the Great | Leader of the Akkadians |
| scribes | The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as professional writers called |
| archologists | Who excavated the areas and found the ruins of ancient Mesopotamia? |
| cuneiform | A form of writing by the people of Sumer, |
| Iron | What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger? |
| The Hanging Gardens | Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? |
| Nebuchadnezzer | The Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon |
| astronomer | Who is a person who studies the stars and planets called |
| Hammurabi | Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life? |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | The oldest known works of literature in ancient Mesopotamia is this poem about a king and hero who travels the world. |
| 5,000 | How many years ago did the Mesopotamian civilization begin? |
| Babylon | What civilization recorded its laws on a stone pillar? |
| socialism | Early Mesopotamian cities engaged in a form of ______________, where farmers stored their crops in public storehouses. |
| city | In the Epic, who wins the showdown between country and city? |
| Urek | What was the name of Gilgamesh's home town? |
| flood | When humans were making too much noise while they were trying to sleep, the gods destroyed them with what? |
| slaves | What was needed in order to make the Tigris and Euphrates useful for irrigation? |
| the poor | Territorial kingdoms relied on who to pay taxes, provide the labor, and serve in the military? |
| the Assyrians | Territorial kingdoms relied on who to pay taxes, provide the labor, and serve in the military? |
| the Empire | The Assyrians gave us the most important and durable form of political organization in world history: |
| abilities | The Assyrian army was a meritocracy. Generals were chosen based on... |
| Ashur | Who was the god of the neo-Assyrians who's divine regent was the king? |
| Code of Hammurabi | 282 written laws inscribed onto stone pillars in Babylon |
| merchant | a person who buys and sells goods |
| artisan | a skilled worker in a craft |
| Babylon | The largest and most imporatnt city in Mesopotamia. |
| Cradle of Civilization | The name given to Mesopotamia because of all the ideas and inventions that were created there and copied by other people |
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Ms Plyler
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