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WorksheetsStone Age to Mesopotamia Vocabulary
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What does Neolithic mean?
Elephants and Rhinos very very Frightening!
New Stone Age
Pavilion
Igneous Rocks are made from fire!
What does domesticate mean?
Its the newest type of hard rock dude
Its what my dog has done to me
The best flavor of ice cream
Tame an animal or plant for people to use
What does artifact mean?
A sunshine filled day
An object made by a human being, or of cultural interest that can be studied.
Waves in the ocean
Warm wind
B.C. / A.D.
A way to score a tennis match
Before Christ / Anno Domini
A new form of electricity
2 categories of minerals
People who move from place to place looking for food.
Middle Students
A group of performing ninjas
Nomads
The Traveling Wilburys
What is the age called before there was farming?
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Pax Romana
School of Rock
B.C.E. / C.E.
Before Circus Experience, Circus Experience
Big Cats Extinction, Cats Experience
Big Cites Excite, Cities Exodus
Before Current Era, Current Era
Find the punchline!
I once met a crazed man muttering incoherently about Ancient Mesopotamia,
but I had to stop him, because I didn’t want him to Babylon
OK? Hum?
Why was the fertile crescent also called "Mesopotamia?"
It was shaped like a pear
It means the land between 2 rivers in Greek
It is where moss grows
There are a mess of potatoes growing there.
Why was it better to be a Hunter/Gatherer than a Farmer?
Who said it was better? They didn't have cool tools.
Who said it was better? Women had to abandon babies sometimes!
Who said it was better? You constantly had to move to look for food.
Who said it was better? There wasn't theft because no one owned anything and everyone was equal in the group.
Why was it better to be a Farmer than a Hunter/Gatherer?
Who said it was better to be a farmer? You had to work 12-18 hours a day instead of 2.
Who said it was better to be a farmer? You had to build walls and protect your possessions from being stolen.
Who said it was better to be a farmer? You had to deal with sexual inequality and social classes.
Who said it was better? You got to invent new tools like the plow, and the sailboat and build cities.
What was the Code of Hammurabi
The worlds first laws that we can read.
The first attempt of a government to hold its people accountable for their behavior.
A way to control a complex society. Even if it was unfair.
All the Above.
Why did people build the first cities?
They learned to farm and had to protect their harvest.
They were tired of wandering around and didn't want to work as hard.
They got tired of carrying all those statues on their backs.
They didn't want to have big families.
Because of the surplus of food that
came as a result of the invention of
farming, people were able to have jobs
like crafters, government workers, and
religious leaders. This idea is called
a division of _______.
Labor
Land
capitol
frogs
What was one of their inventions that allowed them to transport heavy items on land?
Sailboat
The wheel
Hoverboard
Helicopter
The Sumerians practiced a belief
in more than one God. What is this
called?
Herpetology
Psychophysiology
Monotheism
Polytheism
The division of society by rank or
class is called ________.
Hector Zeroni
Social inequality
Social Equality
Social Justice
