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Hot Mesopotamia - The Fertile Crescent
Hot Mesopotamia - The Fertile Crescent
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A Quiz review of Mesopotamia... #hotmesopotamia #herbalessence #itshotoverthere
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Set of laws created by King Hammurabi - later influenced the laws in Greece & Rome. THE CODE!!!
The School Handbook
Code of Hammurabi
Articles of Confederation
Ten Commandments
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What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
The land between two rivers
Land of the free home of the brave
Ancient Pottery
Hot Mess
3
Terraced gardens built like huge steps. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Bubba Jay's Garden Experience
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
Garden of Eden
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
4
Fine particles of fertile soil left on river banks and plains after rivers have flooded
Silt
Sand
Potting Soil
Red Dirt
5
The Assyrians took what from conquered people?
Food
Tribute
The Chaldeans
Musical Instruments
6
A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
Empire
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Province
Epic
7
King of Akkad. Formed the world’s first empire
Sargon
Mr. Thompson
Nimrod
Hammurabi
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A belief in more than one god is called
Polythiesm
Monotheism
Schoolism
Buddhism
9
Rebuilt Babylon and made it the largest and wealthiest city in the world.
Coach Best
Daniel
Ashurbanipal
Hammurabi
10
An amount that is left over after a need has been met.
Irrigation
Scraps
Surplus
Artifacts
11
Ancient Mesopotamia was developed between these two rivers.
The Santa Fe & Suwannee
The Snake & Rio Grande
The Tigris & Euphrates
The Nile & Amazon
12
A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge shaped marks made in soft clay
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Cursive
Sanskrit
13
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.
Irrigation
Fertilization
Piping
Ziggurat
14
Upper, middle, and lower are examples of
People Pyramids
Social Class
City-States
Caste Sytem
15
A long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
Freebird
Short Story
Novel
Epic
16
A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
Province
City-State
Empire
County
17
Thought to be a fair ruler. Created a strict but just set of laws.
Hammurabi
Coach Lightsey
Solomon
Nebuchadnezzar
18
A person who studies the planets and stars
Scribe
Deputy Gladding
Meteorologist
Astronomer
19
A pyramid shaped structure with a temple for its god at the very top
Temple
The Pizza Truck
Synagogue
Ziggurat
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The Sumerians invented the __________ which made traveling on land easier.
Wheel
Steering Wheel
Epic
Plow
