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Mesopotamia
Map,Vocab,Hammurabi,Nomads to farmers,classes,Gilgamesh,Doodle notes 4 empires,
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a canal | Human water way |
| What is a city state | A city surrounding a countryside |
| what is cuneiform | the world's first system of writing |
| what is an empire | a land with different territories and people under a single ruler |
| what is fertile crescent | An area of rich farmland. |
| what is Hammurabi's code | a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost part of daily life |
| what is irrigation | a way of supplying water from one place to another |
| what is a monarch | A single ruler |
| what is polytheism | the worship or belief in many gods |
| what is a pictograph | a symbol for a word or phrase |
| what is a priest | someone who performs religious ceremonies |
| what is a prophet | Someone who receives messages from GOD |
| what is rural | a country side area |
| what is a scribe | a writer |
| what is silt | a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks, ideal for farming |
| what does surplus mean | having more of something than what you need |
| what does urban mean | a town or city area |
| what is a ziggurat | a pyramid shaped temple tower in Sumer |
| what is the region of mesopotamia called today | iraq |
| who is the most powerful person | king |
| who is the second most powerful person | priest |
| who is the 3rd most powerful people | skilled craftspeople |
| who is the fourth most powerful people | working class |
| who is the 5th most powerful people | enslaved people |
| who is Gigamesh | a powerful king who ruled over Uruk and was harsh over his people |
| who is Enkidu | a wild man |
| who is hammurabi | king of babylon |
| who is sargon | he is a smart person who concered land |
| how long did hammurabi ruled for | 43yrs |
| what is hammurabi known for | making the fist set of laws |
| how many rules are in hammuabi"s code | 282 |