Mesopotamia - Final

independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages

• Empire
• Nomad
• City-State
• Civilizations

complex societies with cities, organized governments, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system

• Empire
• Nomad
• City-State
• Civilizations

people who regularly move from place to place

• Empire
• Nomad
• City-State
• Civilizations

group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government

• Empire
• Nomad
• City-State
• Civilizations

A scribe is a record keeper.  

• True
• False

Polytheism is the belief in only one god.

• True

• False

The Code of Hammurabi was 

• collection of lenient laws used to govern the people of Babylon
• collection of strict laws used to govern the people of Babylon
• collection of 20 strict laws used to govern the people of Babylon
• collection of strict laws used to govern the people of Ur

Sumerian form of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings is called Cuneiform

• False

• True

Paleolithic people adapted to their environment by _.  

• Taming fire and creating shelters
• domesticating animals
• domesticating plants
• dressing inappropriately

Paleolithic people were ___________________________, which was the only way they knew how to get food.

• nomads
• Hunter-Gatheres
• famers
• fishers