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What is the meaning of 'Mesopotamia?'   The land between two rivers.  
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What are the two bodies of water surrounding Mesopotamia?   Tigris and Euphrates rivers.  
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What does fertile mean? What is an example of a crescent-shaped object?   Fertile means rich in nutrients. A banana is an example of a crescent-shaped object.  
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What is the climate of their summers?   It is dry and hot.  
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How do the people keep the crops from drying up during droughts?   They store water in reservoirs during the rainy season.  
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Where is Mesopotamia located?   In the middle eastern country, Iraq.  
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What are the three main resources?   Grain, mud, and bronze.  
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What is bronze made up of?   Copper and tin.  
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What are the two main parts of irrigation?   Dikes and canals.  
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What did irrigation allow farmers to do?   Equally distribute water from the neighboring rivers for their crops.  
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Irrigation was the start of job specialization due to the fact that farms grew a...?   Surplus of grain.  
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Along with job specialization, the irrigation's surplus led to...?   Government, social classes, art, and writing.  
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The ruler of a city-state was a...?   King.  
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Kings were chosen as a ruler because...?   The townspeople needed a strong and courages leader for when war comes.  
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The amount of power a king has is...?   A great amount.  
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What did Kings oversee?   Ziggurats, irrigation systems, and walls.  
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King Hammurabi ruled which city-state?   Babylon.  
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Hammurabi's Code of Law was based on the phrase "an eye for an eye." What does this mean?   The punishment should fit the crime.  
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King Hammurabi's Code of Law had a positive outcome. What was the positive outcome?   The laws brought peace to the organized county.  
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What is polytheism?   The belief of many Gods.  
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How many main Gods were there?   Four main Gods.  
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What is a ziggurat?   A shrine where priests worship the Gods.  
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What social classes honored the Gods?   All of them.  
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Who was in charge of writing and record keeping?   Scribes.  
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What was the style of Cuneiform?   Wedge-shapes.  
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What records were scribes in charge of keeping?   Trade, taxes, history, and religious rituals.  
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What were the four forms of Mesopotamian art?   Ziggurats, seals, Mosaic pictures, and sculptures.  
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What were the three life-changing inventions Sumerians invented?   The wheel, the plow, and the sail.  
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