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Mesopotamia History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the meaning of 'Mesopotamia?' | The land between two rivers. |
| What are the two bodies of water surrounding Mesopotamia? | Tigris and Euphrates rivers. |
| What does fertile mean? What is an example of a crescent-shaped object? | Fertile means rich in nutrients. A banana is an example of a crescent-shaped object. |
| What is the climate of their summers? | It is dry and hot. |
| How do the people keep the crops from drying up during droughts? | They store water in reservoirs during the rainy season. |
| Where is Mesopotamia located? | In the middle eastern country, Iraq. |
| What are the three main resources? | Grain, mud, and bronze. |
| What is bronze made up of? | Copper and tin. |
| What are the two main parts of irrigation? | Dikes and canals. |
| What did irrigation allow farmers to do? | Equally distribute water from the neighboring rivers for their crops. |
| Irrigation was the start of job specialization due to the fact that farms grew a...? | Surplus of grain. |
| Along with job specialization, the irrigation's surplus led to...? | Government, social classes, art, and writing. |
| The ruler of a city-state was a...? | King. |
| Kings were chosen as a ruler because...? | The townspeople needed a strong and courages leader for when war comes. |
| The amount of power a king has is...? | A great amount. |
| What did Kings oversee? | Ziggurats, irrigation systems, and walls. |
| King Hammurabi ruled which city-state? | Babylon. |
| Hammurabi's Code of Law was based on the phrase "an eye for an eye." What does this mean? | The punishment should fit the crime. |
| King Hammurabi's Code of Law had a positive outcome. What was the positive outcome? | The laws brought peace to the organized county. |
| What is polytheism? | The belief of many Gods. |
| How many main Gods were there? | Four main Gods. |
| What is a ziggurat? | A shrine where priests worship the Gods. |
| What social classes honored the Gods? | All of them. |
| Who was in charge of writing and record keeping? | Scribes. |
| What was the style of Cuneiform? | Wedge-shapes. |
| What records were scribes in charge of keeping? | Trade, taxes, history, and religious rituals. |
| What were the four forms of Mesopotamian art? | Ziggurats, seals, Mosaic pictures, and sculptures. |
| What were the three life-changing inventions Sumerians invented? | The wheel, the plow, and the sail. |
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