Mesopotamia Chapter 1

Question 1

The first civilizations arose near...

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river valleys

Question 2

Developed the first 12 month calendar...

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Sumerians

Question 3

Showed the Assyrians how to strengthen iron...

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Hittites

Question 4

What does it mean to tame animals and plants to suit human needs?

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domesticate

Question 5

Which studies how humans developed over time?

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anthropologist

Question 6

Which revolutionary change brought about the Neolithic Age?

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farming

Question 7

People who map the stars, planets, and moon phases are...

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astronomers

Question 8

Babylon king who made laws for his people was...

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Hammurabi

Question 9

What was the early Paleolithic age called?

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Stone Age

Question 10

The most important item needed for survival is...

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water

Question 11

Groups of traveling merchants...

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caravans

Question 12

What ancient city dates back to 8,000 BC and is modern day Israel?

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Jericho

Question 13

Ferocious warriors of Mesopotamia that were first to organize their army...

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Assyrians

Question 14

Into what body of water do the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers empty?

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Persian Gulf

Question 15

What river is located in Egypt?

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Nile

Question 16

These were built for Nebuchadnezzar's wife because she was homesick...

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Hanging Gardens

Question 17

What is a method humans use to bring water to crops?

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irrigation

Question 18

Temples dedicated to the gods ...

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ziggurats

Question 19

Capital city during the Assyrian empire

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Nineveh

Question 20

Sumerians who could write were called...

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scribes

Question 21

Mesopotamia was between these two rivers.

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Tigris & Euphrates

Question 22

Mesopotamian writing is called...

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cuneiform

Question 23

What are traces of animals preserved in rocks?

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fossils

Question 24

A civilization is made up of complex societies that have governments, culture, and ...

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writing

Question 25

The king of the Chaldeans thatrules Mesopotamia from 605 - 562 BC...

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Nebuchadnezzar

Mesopotamia Chapter 1

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