Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent Test Review

Good farmland around ancient Mesopotamia

Uruk is considered to be the world's "first big city"

If people have a steady food supply, they can develop a complex society.

People settled near rivers because:

Group of people living and working together for the purpose of creating an organized society:

The Mesopotamian gods were used to explain world issues

Polytheism is the belief in many gods.

Cuneiform is the first writing system created.

"Land between two rivers"....

Most important feature that makes up a civilization?

Ancient Mesopotamia was located in present-day India

A ziggurat is a temple to the gods

People settled where crops could grow. Population grew. Villages and cities formed.

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Process of bringing water to crops:

Artisans were at the top of the social class in Mesopotamia.

First work of fiction ever recorded:

Cuneiform symbols were made with wedge-shaped markings

Enkidu is considered to be the Mesopotamian "King of the Gods"

Which is not one of the 3 major civilizations of Mesopotamia?

What feature makes up a city?

Hammurabi created a ______ to help him control his empire.

Which group suffered harsher punishments under Hammurabi's Code?

Society was able to move to division of labor because of:

Which is not a Mesopotamian invention/discovery?

The Code of Hammurabi ended all physical punishment