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Mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does Mesopotamia mean? | The land between two rivers |
| Which two rivers are important to Mesopotamia? | The Tigris and Euphrates |
| What does SPIRE stand for? | Society, Politics, Innovation, Religion, Economy |
| What is a city-state? | A city that is its own country (has its own government, military and borders) |
| What is one city-state that still exists today? | Singapore |
| What are the seven characteristics of civilization? | Stable food supply, technology, the arts, government, social structure, religion, writing |
| What is a surplus? | To have more of something than is necessary |
| What resources did Mesopotamia have a lot of? | mud and bricks |
| What is silt? | Fertile soil deposited by a river |
| Why was Mesopotamia settled as opposed to another location? | Because the rivers would flood and create fertile soil, which helped develop agriculture and a stable food supply. |
| What were the three main civilizations in Mesopotamia? | Sumer, Babylon, Assyria |
| Who was Hammurabi? | King of Babylon |
| What was Hammurabi famous for? | Creating the first written code of laws that had brutal punishments |
| What quotation is Hammurabi famous for and what does it mean? | "An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" means that if someone hurts me, I can hurt them back. |
| Name three inventions that Mesopotamia was famous for. | The wheel, the sailboat, irrigation. |
| What is a creation myth? | A story that helps explain something that ancient people had a hard time explaining. |
| What does polytheism mean? | A religion that honors many gods. |
| What does monotheism mean? | A religion that honors one god. |
| Who was the fabled Mesopotamian king thought to be 2/3 god and 1/3 man? | Gilgamesh |
| Who was King Gilgamesh's close friend that died after a curse was put on him? | Enkidu |
| What does "barter" mean? | To trade two things for each other without the use of money. |
| How did humans live before the invention of civilization? | As hunter-gatherers. |
| What invention was accidentally made by being turned on its side? | The wheel. |
| What is an artisan? | One who makes things with their hands. |
| What is a vizier? | One who is second in command to the king. |
| What is a tanner? | One who makes leather out of animal skins. |
| What is a herald? | A messenger. |
| What is a cartwright? | One who makes or fixes chariots. |
| What is an exorcist? | One who performs rituals to scare demons away. |
| What was the Mesopotamian form of writing? | Cuneiform |
| What is domestication? | The taming of animals |
| What is a good? | A physical item that you can trade, buy or sell |
| What is a service? | Doing work for someone that you can trade, buy or sell |
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awelty
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