Social Studies Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
The Mesopotamia is between what two rivers | Tigris & Euphrates Rivers |
This river has rough waters un-navigable | Tigris River |
This river is navigable | Euphrates |
This part of Mesopotamia has good farm land | Southern Mesopotamia |
This part of Mesopotamia has natural resources such as timber, metals, & stone | Northern Mesopotamia |
What is Hierarchy | System of ranking groups |
High Class are | Ruling Family, leading officials, high priests |
Small Middle Class are | Lesser Priests, scribes, merchants, artisans |
Lowest Class are | Peasant farmers, slaves |
Ziggurats are | Temples the Sumerians built to worship their Gods |
Who was Hammurabi | Important king of Babylon who created the first written law code |
Civil Laws are | Laws that deal with private rights & matters such as business contracts, divorce, property inheritance, marriage, & taxes |
Criminal Laws are | Laws are offenses such as robbery, assault, or murder |
The Code of Hammurabi was designed to | Create a stable society, promote peaceful relations with other cultures, create large armies & emphasize the importance of life after death. |
Who were the Sumerians | first civilization in Mesopotamia, organized into city-states, developed cuneiform |
Why did the first civilizations settle near river valleys | Fertile Soil for growing crops, trade & transportation on the rivers |
Who did Hammurabi conquer | The Akkadians & The Sumerians |
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