Ancient Mesopotamia Review

Define Surplus

• Not having enough food or supplies.

• Managing resources wisely so that there's enough for everyone.

• Having more supplies than you need to survive.

• Saving seeds after each harvest to replant

True or False: Food surpluses from farming made job specialization possible because not everyone had to work to produce food.

• True

• False

Who had the LEAST power in Ancient Mesopotamia

• Slaves and military prisoners.

• Farmers

• Merchants

• Kings and Priests

What religions did most of ancient Mesopotamia follow?

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Nontheism

What were the river(s) in ancient Mesopotamia?

• Nile River

• Euphrates River

• Indus River

• Yellow River

• Tigris River

What is this called?

• Rivers

• Irrigation

• Silt

• Flood

Hammurabi was known for

• inventing irrigation systems

• created rules and laws

• unfair war tactics

• conquering the Sumerian city states

The flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were good for

• creating rich soil for farming

• drowning enemies

• speedy delivery service

• more opportunities for fishing

A set of 282 laws governing daily life in Ancient Babylon; the earliest known collection of written laws.

• Hammurabi's Code
• Hammurabi's Cell phone
• Magna Carta
• US Constitution

On the map, what does the letter D represents?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Africa

• Asia

• Zagros Mountians