Mesopotamia Review

Question 1

Human made waterways

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canals

Question 2

worship of many gods

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polytheism

Question 3

picture symbols used for written communication

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pictographs

Question 4

Irrigation canals improved farming because it

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help reduce floods, could control the water supply., supplied the dry land with water for crops, contained the spring floods for later on(dry summer)

Question 5

priest

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person who performed religious ceremonies

Question 6

a mix of rich soil and small rocks

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silt

Question 7

The Code of Hammurabi was unique b/c it was

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the first written laws for a society

Question 8

the science of building (design)

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architecture

Question 9

a division of society by class or rank

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social hierarchy

Question 10

Which was an effect of cuneiform

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people were trained to be scribes, religious rituals and teachings were recorded, laws and records could be kept, Tablets and styluses were developed

Question 11

why was Mesopotamia ideal for a civilization to exist?

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warm climate, fertile soil, steady supply of water

Question 12

a wheeled, horse drawn battle cart

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Chariot

Question 13

the world's first system of writing

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cuneiform

Question 14

a city and its surrounding countryside

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city-state

Question 15

a way to supply water to an area of land

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irrigation

Question 16

land with different territories under 1 rule

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empire

Question 17

more goods than are needed

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surplus

Question 18

instead of using pictographs Sumerians used

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cuneiform

Question 19

a person trained to write

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scribe

Question 20

A pyramid shaped temple tower

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ziggurat

Questions 20