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#SocialStudies #6thGrade
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Inventions Babylonia is known for
Calendar and Law
Agriculture, Wheel, and Cuneiform
Trade and War
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Producing more goods or crops than was needed. Used for trade or storage
Extra
Excess
Surplus
Mas
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First set of 282 laws created by King Hammurabi that dealt w/ daily life and an eye for an eye
The Laws of Hammurabi
Hammurabi's Code
H code
The Way of Life According to Hammurabi
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A mixture of soil and rock that is very fertile and used for farming
Sand
Silt
Clay
Soil
5
The world's first system of writing used for keeping records
Cursive
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Hammurabi's Code
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A pyramid-shaped temple used for religious ceremonies
Colosseum
Mosque
Ziggurat
Church
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They were the powerful and wealthy class of people
Middle class
Upper class
Lower class/slaves
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What were the 3 main classes of people in ancient Mesopotamia?
The upper class, the normal class, and the slaves
Upper class, the middle class, and the lower class/slaves
The rich class, the mediocre class, and the lower class
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People who lived in Assyria
Assyrianicias
Assyrians
Assyriads
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A way of controlling water for farming. Prevents flooding and supplies water
Irrigation
Agriculture
Surplus
Ziggurat
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What determines the location of all civilizations
What it looks like
Resources of the land
If the people like it or not
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Who were powerful and shaved their heads?
Priests
Merchants
Fisherman
Farmers
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A system that divides people into classes based on the job of your family
Social Hierarchy
Monarchy
Surplus
Dictatorship
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Were fierce warriors who conquered Babylonia and took control of a large part of Mesopotamia
Babylonians
Sumerians
Assyrians
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Inventions Sumer is known for
Trade and War
Calendar and Law
Agricultural Society, Wheel, and Cuneiform
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A group of people living and working together for the purpose of creating a society
Community
Family
Government
Civilization
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What two rivers was Mesopotamia built along?
Mississippi River and Ohio River
The Nile River and the Euphrates
Tigris and Euphrates
The Tigris River and the Nile
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Known as the land between two rivers
United States
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Israel
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They were doctors of the time
Priests
Fisherman
Artisans
Merchants
20
People who lived in Sumer
Sumers
Sumerians
Sumicians
Sumitnites
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Slaves could do all of the following except?
Become king or queen
Hold property and eventually purchase their own freedom
Marry a free man or women
Participate in business
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Who performed all manual labor and domestic work?
Slaves
Farmers
Nobles
Fisherman
23
Means before Christ
B.C.
C.E.
A.D.
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What was a serious crime in Sumer?
Stealing
Bullying
Murder
Envy
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People who lived in Babylon
Babylonicians
Babylonians
Babs
Babies
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Who distributed land, employed workers, and managed trade?
Artisans
Priests
Farmers
Merchants
27
Who were in charge of developing the economy?
Priests
Farmers
Fisherman
Merchants
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What were captured people, debtors, poor children, orphans and criminals made to be?
Rulers
Farmers
Fisherman
Slaves
29
Made up of farmers, fisherman, artisans, and merchants
Lower class/slaves
Middle class
Upper class
30
Means Before Common Era
A.D.
C.E.
B.C.
B.C.E.
31
Anno Domini, "In the year of our Lord"
C.E.
B.C.E.
A.D.
B.C.
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Location of the 1st civilization
Fertile Crescent
Dry Desert
Watering Hole
Rainy Forest
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Who wore jewelry, especially rings?
Middle class men and women
Middle class women
Upper class men and women
Lower class men
34
Stated that every person had a different job to create a successful/well rounded civilization
Code of Hammurabi
Division of Labor
Social Hierarchy
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Common Era
B.C.E.
C.E.
B.C.
A.D.
36
How much did a slave cost?
Less than a cow but more than a donkey
less than a donkey but more than a cow
less than a horse but more than a bed
less than a chicken but more than a house
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Inventions Assyria is known for
Agricultural Society, Wheel, Cuneiform
Calendar and Law
Trade and War
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First system used to create order in Mesopotamia
Code of Hammurabi
Division of Labor
Social Hierarchy
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Who wore dresses, off one shoulder, had long hair, which they braided or wore in fancy up-does
Lower class men
Middle class women
Upper class women
Lower class women
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Who wore skirts and had long hair, curly mustaches, and long beards?
Middle class men
Lower class men
Upper class women
Upper class men
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What class included kings, nobles, priests, government officials, and warriors?
Lower class/slaves
Upper class
Middle class
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A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland
Cuneiform
Silt
Fertile Crescent
Surplus
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They were in charge of making sure everyone behaved in a way that would make the gods happy
Artisans
Kings
Priests
Merchants
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Wore jewelry, that was not normally made of gold
Lower class
Middle class
Upper class
