Mesopotamia Review

The religious temples that look like pyramids but the sides look like stair steps?

What was the name of the first great city?

Which group was noted for the cruelty it treated conquered peoples?

A complex society that has cities, governments, art, religion, and writing.

What feature made farming possible in southern Mesopotamia?

When you dig a ditch in the ground to bring water from a river to another place.

Hammurabi is remembered for starting a code of law.

Phoenicians were considered to be world's greatest farmers.

TRUE or FALSE. Sumerians created a 12 month calendar by looking at the stars and planets.

The two rivers in Mesopotamia are the Tigris and Zagros Rivers.

Which term means a long period of dry weather?

Why was the Sumerian writing system developed?

What do you call the southern part of Mesopotamia?

Which of these is a major source of fresh water in Mesopotamia?

Assyrians were know for their strong armies and new technology.

These were people who learned how to write and got jobs keeping records.

Which modern day country is located in the same geographic area as Mesopotamia?

What does the word “Mesopotamia” mean in the Greek language?

Which civilization was NOT located in Mesopotamia?

Who was the king of Babylon?

What was the written language of Mesopotamia called?

What do you call the region to the north of Mesopotamia?

What did someone in Mesopotamia need to write?

What is the word that means the belief in many gods?

The purpose for code of laws was to establish laws and penalties.

When each city has its own king, its own government, its own way of doing things.

Why was Mesopotamia called the "Fertile Crescent"?

Why were city-states often at war with each other?

In which continent is Mesopotamia located?

What do you call a group of many different lands that all have the same leader?

What did city-states build to protect themselves from attacks?