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SS Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scribe | a professional writer |
| Fertile Crescent | a region in southwest Asia; site of the first civilization |
| city-state | a city that is also a separate and independent state |
| polytheism | the belief in many gods |
| myth | a traditional story in some cultures a legend that explains some beliefs |
| Where were the first schools set up? | Sumer |
| Sumerian schools taught | writing |
| Who did scribes keep records for? | kings and priests |
| Where was Sumer located? | in Mesopotamia |
| What were the most important things that Mesopotamia had? | rich soil and life giving rivers |
| Who did Sumer's location draw? | traders from other regions |
| What are the two rivers that Mesopotamia is between? | Tigris and Euphrates |
| What does Mesopotamia mean? | land between the rivers |
| The Fertile Crescent is good for .... | growing crops because it is between the rivers |
| How did the soil become so rich? | melting snow picked up the topsoil as it rushed down the mountain and flooded the land |
| The rivers provided | fish, clay, and tall strong reeds for boats |
| How did flooding rivers affect people who settled in Mesopotamia? | Good-farm Bad- it could wipe out houses, people, and animals |
| What caused cities to grow in the region? | food surplus |
| What did city states have to have? | own special god, own government, and own king |
| What did the city states share? | common culture and language |
| Who wrote letters for those who couldn't read or write? | scribes |
| Where did Sumerian houses face? | away from the busy streets |
| Where did people sleep on hot nights? | outside on their home's flat roof |
| What supplied light for the homes? | oil lamps |
| What is the ziggurat? | the cite of a temple to the main god of a city |
| Where would I find a ziggurat? | at the heart of the city |
| Where did religious, social and economic activities took place at the .... | ziggurat |
| What were the ziggurats made out of? | terraces, ramps, and stairs |
| What was at the top of each ziggurat? | a shrine for their god |
| What warned the Sumerians that the gods would punish them? | myths |
| How did Sumerians honor their gods? | religious ceremonies |
| How poetry used? | to express what was important to them |
| Why did Sumerian city-states fight? | over water usage and land |
| Who conquered the Sumerians? | Akkadians |
| What did King Sargon do to the Sumerian city-states? | he improved the government, improved the military, and united the city-states |
| where was King Sargon II from ? | Assyria |
| how could the army gain wealth ? | trade and agriculture |
| what is an empire ? | an area of many territories and people that is controlled by one government |
| what did Babylonians and the Assyrians have in common ? | quest for riches and vicious warriors |
| what did road ways do in Babylon | made travel easier , improved communication , and encouraged trade |
| what is a caravan ? | a group of travelers |
| what is a bazaar ? | a market |
| what is a battering ram ? | a powerful weapon having a wooden beam mounted on wheels |
| what is the capital of Assyria | Nineveh |
| Who rebuilt the city of Babylon? | King Nebuchadnezzar |
| What did King Nebuchnezzar build for his wife and why? | he built gardens because she hated the dry plains of Mesopotamia |
| What did the Chaldean astronomers create? | charts to measure the year |
| What did the Chaldean raise? | honey bees |
| Who conquered the Babylonian Empire? | The Persians led by Cyrus the Great |
| What is a code? | an organized list of laws |
| Who were the first writers in Mesopotamia? Why? | scribes-so that the laws can be organized |
| What was writing used for later? | sales, taxes, gifts for gods, marriages, and deaths |
| Where did clay come from? | Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| What is cuneiform? | scribes combine symbols to make groups of wedges and lines |
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