Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel Review

In Mesopotamia, what were the religious temples called?

• Pyramids

• Ziggurats

• Cuneiform

• Temples

What is an example of technology from Mesopotamia

• Cars

• Paper

• Cell Phones

• The Wheel

Cuneiform is the name of Mesopotamia's....

• Writing System

• Art and Entertainment

• Technology

• Government

Scribes in Mesopotamia wrote on...

• Paper

• Cave walls

• Clay

• Stone

The most famous story from Mesopotamia is called...

• The Bible

• War and Peace

• A Tale of Two Cities

• The Epic of Gilgamesh

In Greek, Mesopotamia means?

• The land between 2 rivers

• The rivers between 2 lands

• The river that flows up and down

• Means wedges

When it flooded, what was left behind?

• surplus

• irrigation

• silt

• mud

A system that was created to water crops and dry land

• silt

• irrigation

• plow

• surplus

Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.

• The Nile and the Amazon

• The Tigris and the Euphrates

• The Snake and the Colorado

• The Pol and the Yangtze.

Punishments under the Code of Hammurabi

• were more harsh for people of lower social classes.

• stressed reform rather than retribution for crimes.

• did not cover domestic/family concerns.

• did not apply to the upper class.