Themes of Geography, Major Religions, Mesopotamia, and India

How did the Mesopotamians control the spring floods

• irrigation system with dikes, reservoires, canals

• Moved to the Zagros Mountains

• Built Ziggurats

• Built Wheels

How did the Sumerian cities protect themselves from attacks?

• Army with horses

• Built walls and moats

• Advanced weapons

• Built bridges

The dry plains in the south had spring rains/floods that brought water, but did not have a lot of trees/stones for making shelters and tools.

• True

• False

Mesopotamians were able to spread the work among the people and do more. Some were farmers, craftsmen, government officials, priests, laborers, etc. . This is

• organization

• division of labor

• king's orders

• Heaven's Mandate

Period of time in history before the birth of Jesus Christ

• AD

• BC

Period of time after the birth of Jesus Christ. It means "In the year of our Lord" in Latin.

• BC

• AD

A city and all the countryside surrounding it that governs itself.

• civilization

• city-state

• nation

• continent

Believes in many gods

• polytheistic

• monotheistic

• Arabian

• Sumerian

Large pyramid-shaped temples of the Mesopotamians

• city hall

• mosque

• church

• ziggurat

The world's first system of writing created by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia.

• Sumeria

• Hammurabi's Code

• cuneiform

• ziggurat