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Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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Fertile Crescent   show
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Mesopotamia   show
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show - _________ is a LONG period of dry weather that may cause crop failure and ultimately a famine  
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Famine   show
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show - An extra supply of something (a resource) like food (wheat & barley), cloth, tools, or seeds that can be used to trade/barter with is called a ______________  
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show - A trade of one resource for another without the use of money  
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Sumer   show
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show - A walled-city that has its own government (which were kings aka monarchs) and the farmland surrounding it is called a _________  
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show - A ______________ is a Mesopotamian temple that could be found in the center of each major city-state - Each city's patron god or goddess was believed to sleep at the top each night - Wealthy families lived nearer to it  
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Cuneiform   show
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Babylon   show
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show - ___ is the King of Babylonia, famous for his legal system which punished you for crimes committed based on your social class. "Eye for an eye justice" Also created a postal service AND a system of roads throughout his empire  
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show - ___ is one of the oldest written systems of law - Punishments based on your social class. Poorer people received more severe punishments - Designed to unite the king's new empire and control behavior of his people - Influenced today's laws  
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Judaism   show
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show - ___ is the Hebrew leader (founder of the religion) who took his people from Sumer (Ur) to Canaan and created the world's first monotheistic religion, Judaism - His teachings also inspire Christianity and Islam  
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Canaan   show
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show - ___ is the ancient Hebrew leader who led the Jews from slavery in Egypt to freedom in (Canaan) Jerusalem - According to the Torah and Bible, he received the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai  
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show - ___ is a type of religion that believes there are many gods - Everyone (Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans) were polytheistic until Abraham invented Judaism, the first monotheistic religion  
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Monotheism   show
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Jerusalem   show
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show - fresh water & irrigation technologies allowed farming of crops, which led to a stable food supply (surplus of food) - because irrigation systems needed constant maintenance, people started working together & formed larger and larger communities  
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show - To combat ___________________ , Sumerians created an irrigation system of canals, levees, reservoirs and dams to keep their crops watered.  
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Famine (context)   show
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Barter (context)   show
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City-state (context)   show
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Ziggurat (context)   show
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Cuneiform (context)   show
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Code of Hammurabi (context)   show
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Judaism (context)   show
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Sargon   show
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Hammurabi   show
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Nebuchadrezzar II   show
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show 1. king 2. priests/gov't officials/warriors 3. skilled craftsmen, merchants, traders, & scribes 4. farmers and unskilled laborers (peasants) 5. slaves - placed into class based on your job in society - scribes only group with "social mobility"  
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The Akkadian Empire   show
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The Babylonian Empire   show
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show - Ashurbanipal - Horses with war chariots, iron weapons, bow/arrow, battering ram & siege towers to lay siege to a city (camp outside & attack over and over until the city falls). - Empire was the largest of all 4, became too large to protect borders  
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show - Nebuchadrezzar II fortified capital with inner & outer walls, created towers for archers, draw bridges & dug moat - Created the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his Persian wife - Advancements in math & astronomy (sundial) -Conquered by Persia  
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Surplus (context)   show
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