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Mesopotamia Test
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Question | Answer |
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What is the 1st step of becoming civilized? | farming & domesticating animals |
What does AD stand for? | Anno Domini - In the year of our Lord |
Most people belonged to which social class? | commoners or working class |
What type of government is rule by a king? | monarchy |
What was the role of women/females? | To run the household-cook, make clothes, raise children |
What are 2 ways to become a slave in Mesopotamia? | owe debt or be a prisoner of war |
What are 2 of Hammurabi's accomplishments? | created organized written law code united Mesopotamia |
Why is Mesopotamia nicknamed Fertile Crescent? | rich soil & shape of the area |
What present day country is between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers? | Iraq |
What body of water do the Tigris & Euphrates empty into? | Persian Gulf |
What are examples of features in a city-state? | ziggurat, king's palace, neighborhoods, city wall, farmland |
How did Mesopotamians control flooding? | levees |
What was created to predict floods? | calendar |
Which early empire was warlike? | Assyrians |
What was the message of Hammurabi's Code? | the weak should be protected |
Which early empire created the wheel & cuneiform? | Sumerians |
What are examples of artifacts? | tools, jewelry, toys, weapons, musical instruments, books, pottery |
What are examples of non artifacts? | fossils, human remains, animal bones |
What does CE mean on a timeline? | common era, it is the same as AD |
When could girls learn to read & write? | if a male in their household taught them |