Mesopotamia

Pyramid shaped temple

• Ziggurat

• City-state

• Code of Hammurabi

• Cuneiform

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

How are Hammurabi's laws related to USA laws? ( DOK 3 )

• They are laws that help keep societies keep structure and order.

• They are a set of laws that are broken.

• They are laws that include going to church.

• They are laws that include an eye for an eye.

Artisans, merchants, and fishers made up this group

• Lower Class
• Upper Class
• Middle Class
• Pass Class

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• Sailboat
• All of them

Mesopotamians established this innovation to help with agriculture

• Ziggurats

• Shrines

• City-States

• Calendar

What made Mesopotamia so successful?

• Trade

• Ship building

• Crop production

• Mining for gems

Because of the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, this natural resource was found in abundance in Mesopotamia

• Nomads

• Irrigation

• Plains

• Silt

Women were not allowed to do this

• read and write

• hold jobs

• be priests

• own land