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7th Grade
Unit 3: MESOPOTAMIA QUIZ REVIEW
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A large arc of rich or fertile farmland near the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and the location of the first civilization. | Fertile Crescent |
| A way of controlling water for farming through canals, levees and dams. | irrigation |
| Independent territories that make up a civilization; some were walled. | Empire or city-state |
| The three main city-states of Mesopotamia. | Assyria, Sumer and Babylon |
| In Mesopotamia, the name given to writers who learned cuneiform | Scribes |
| A flat-topped pyramid with a temple on top used by the Mesopotamians. | ziggurat |
| Believing in many gods. | Polytheistic |
| A set of 282 strict laws created by the Mesopotamian King Hammurabi. | Hammurabi's Code |
| These were the skilled laborers and craftsmen that made pottery, woven items, statues and jewelry. | artisans |
| This farming activity contributed most to the expansion of farmland in many early civilizations. | irrigation |
| This early civilization had the first known city-states in walled cities, food surpluses allowed for job specialization, built ziggurats for their gods, used cuneiform writing & invented wheel | Mesopotamia |
| What two rivers did Mesopotamian city-states develop near? | Tigris and Euphrates |
| Why were rivers so important to the early river civilizations? | The rivers allowed farmers to water their crops and they depended on the rivers to flood each season to produce fertile soil for farming. This gave people a stable food supply. |
| The earliest empire of Mesopotamia known for inventions like the wheel, sail, and cuneiform. | Sumeria |
| The legendary king for which Mesopotamians wrote stories about as a part god and part human character. | Gilgamesh |
| One of the first known writing systems that used wedged shaped characters carved into clay tablets. | cuneiform |
| The second empire of Mesopotamia that constructed roads, temples, palaces and had fierce kings that made harsh rules. | Babylon |
| The third developed empire of Mesopotamia best known for its strength in iron weapons and highly trained armies. | Assyria |
| A society controlled by men where women had very few rights or privileges. | Patriarchal |
| A mixture of soil and rocks that is usually deposited after a river floods leaving the land very fertile and good to use for farming. | silt |
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