Mesopotamia Study Guide

The first civilization in Mesopotamia is:

• Babylon

• Sumer

• Assyria

• Akkadia

The hierarchy of social classes within Mesopotamia is: 1) the top: the king, 2) below the king is the upper class, 3) then the priests and military commanders, 4) middle class, 5) the bottom: slaves

• True

• False

A city that is an independent nation:

• Country

• State

• Country-State

• City-State

Supplying water to plants/crops by means of channels to aid in farming.

• Irrigate

• Flow

• Channel

• River

Sumerian invention of wedge-shaped characters impressed on clay tablets.

• Cursive

• Hieroglyphics

• Scribe

• Cuneiform

To trade one item for another.

• Barter

• Currency

• Shekel

• to buy

A religion that believes in one god.

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

Behavior of people in a particular area.

• Laws

• Trade

• Farming

• Culture

A religious temple in the shape of a pyramid.

• Church

• Sanctuary

• Ziggurat

• Cathedral

A group of people that are in power over a  country, city, or empire. 

• Experts

• Historians

• Government

• Civilization