Mesopotamia Test Review

1. A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland.

• silt

• fertile crescent

• surplus

• Ziggurat

2. First set of 282 laws created by King Hammurabi

• social hierarchy

• cuneiform

• division of labor

• Hammurabi's Code

3. independent territories that make up a civilization

• empire

• cuneiform

• surplus

• silt

4. The world's first writing system

• surplus

• cuneiform

• irrigation

• silt

5. A mixture of soil and rocks that is very fertile.

• surplus

• irrigation

• empire

• silt

6. Producing more goods or crops than was needed.

• surplus

• irrigation

• silt

• Hammurabi's Code

7. A system that divides people into jobs.

• fertile crescent

• Ziggurat

• cuneiform

• division of labor

8. A system that divides people into classes based on the job of your family.

• empire

• division of labor

• social hierarchy

• silt

9. A way of controlling water for farming.

• Ziggurat

• irrigation

• empire

• division of labor

10. A pyramid-shaped temple

• Ziggurat

• fertile crescent

• Empire

• Social Hierarchy