21 questions
stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
Sumer
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
A wide, flat plain in present-day Iraq (it also means "between two rivers")
Sumer
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
What two rivers is Mesopotamia between?
Tigris and Euphrates
Tigris and Lioness
Euphrates and Amazon
This means to supply water to crops
levee
irrigate
river
a city and its surrounding territory
city-state
city
state
Exchanging goods without using money
loan
trade
barter
worship of many gods
monotheism
polytheism
pyramid-shaped temple
ziggurat
mandir
shaolin
system of writing that used triangular shapes that stand for ideas and things
hieroglyphics
English
cuneiform
What was the weather like in Mesopotamia
humid and hot
hot and dry
cold and damp
What was the geography of Northern Mesopotamia like?
there was a flat plain at the foothill of the Himilayan Mountains
there was a flat plain at the foothill of the Shenandoah Valley
there was a flat plain at the foothill of the Taurus and Zagros Mountains
What three geographic features surround Mesopotamia?
Zagros Mountains, Arabian Desert and Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf, Atlantic Ocean and Zagros Mountains
Arabian Desert, Zagros Mountains
What is NOT a challenge farmers in Mesopotamia faced?
floods could wash away crops
the hot sun would kill crops
there was too much fertile soil
What technology did Sumerian farmers NOT use to make the land fertile?
They irrigated water to their crops
They developed a seed funnel to plow and plant seeds easier
They used oxen to plow and planted seeds by hand
How did Sumerians transport goods?
iron ships and airplanes
barges on rivers and wheeled carts on land
by loading goods onto camels
How many social classes did the Sumerians have?
3
4
2
Who was in the upper class?
rulers, top officials, priests, merchants and owners of large plots of land
farmers and skilled workers
slaves
Who was in the middle class?
rulers, top officials, powerful priests, wealthy merchants and owners of large plots of land
farmers and skilled workers
slaves
Who was in the lowest class?
rulers, top officials, powerful priests, wealthy merchants, owners of large plots of land
farmers and skilled workers
slaves
Why were priests so powerful?
they could communicate with gods and gods controlled every aspect of life
they were rich
they had a strong military to protect them
Why did Sumerians need a system of writing?
keep track of stored goods
to keep records of sales, taxes and agreements
to help with trade