JAT CH 1 Review: Mesopotamia

A mixture of copper and tin is called

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

The Sumerians built a temple called a _____________to honor their chief god.

People who study and write about the human past are called

The Chaldeans contributed the ______ to our modern day calendar.

Taming an animal or plant for use by humans is called

The Sumerian writing system was called

The first civilizations arose in ______ because the conditions for farming were good.

The few Sumerians who learned to write often became _______, holding high positions in society.

Members of the upper class included...

The _________rebelled against the Assyrians.

Babylon became rich from trade because it was located between the Mediterranean Sea and the...

Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia?

Many Sumerians were skilled ______ who made metal, cloth and pottery products.

The Paleolithic people were able to survive because they used....

Historians call the early period of human history the ...

These people built a great army to protect their lands from invasion...

_______ helped ideas spread around the world.

Artisans, merchants, farmers, & fishers made up this group

Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth were the

Mesopotamia's climate was

A group of traveling merchants is called a

What revolutionary change took place during the Neolithic Age?

What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make its army strong?

The __________ in Babylon are known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The first kings were probably

Sumerian inventions included....

The center of the Chaldean empire was at

______________ study artifacts & fossils to help them understand the past.

Which are two well-known Neolithic communities?