3 technologies that led to the growth of cities and empires were

irrigation, sailboats, & the wheel

The development that allowed growth and development of the first cities were

Agriculture, Religion, the City-State & Cultural advances.

Cities, government, religion, specialized jobs, social class, culture and writing are

the 7 major areas of civilization

Agriculture became more sustainable in early civilizations due to

Climate change, domestication of animals & available water.

available for humans to use for survival

Some of the punishments they believed the gods meted out were

Earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, or droughts

Ancient Mesopotamians believed that

only the priest could "talk" to the gods.

Early forms of writing were used for

keeping records and tracking thoughts of the gods

Mesopotamian civilization believed that

gods would punish them if the gods were not pleased

The wheel and the sail

created a way in which crop growers could trade one another

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3 technologies that led to the growth of cities and empires were
tractors, fertilizer, & pesticides
hybrid plants, seeds, and seedlings
irrigation, sailboats, & the wheel
iMacs, iPads, and television
2
The development that allowed growth and development of the first cities were
Sports teams, concert arenas, and churches
none of the above
Agriculture, Religion, the City-State & Cultural advances.
Rapid growth, traffic and air pollution
3
Cities, government, religion, specialized jobs, social class, culture and writing are
the subjects required in college in Mesopotamia
the 7 major areas of civilization
only useful in today's society
The only jobs women could get back then.
4
Agriculture became more sustainable in early civilizations due to
No one really know how it happened
Climate change, domestication of animals & available water.
The gods were looking favorably upon the Mesopotamians
the ice age beginning
5
The written language in Mesopotamia was called
Hieroglyphics
Caligraphy
Cuneiform
Short hand
6
Domesticated means
training your dog how to sit
available for humans to use for survival
available to be hunted
wild
7
Some of the punishments they believed the gods meted out were
economic recession
Earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, or droughts
air pollution and factory development
global warming
8
In Sumer, the rules that were created to keep law and order were called
bartering
Hammurabi's Code
Cuneiform
polytheism
9
Ancient Mesopotamians believed that
religion and government should be completely separate.
They had to knock before entering a house where a god lived
religion and prayer were only for Sunday.
only the priest could "talk" to the gods.
10
Early forms of writing were used for
Publishing novels
Writing newspapers
keeping records and tracking thoughts of the gods
leaving notes to tell the family they were going somewhere.
11
Mesopotamian civilization believed that
gods were equal to humans
gods were animals
gods would only be happy if the people gave them money
gods would punish them if the gods were not pleased
12
Cuneiform means
wedge-shaped
cursive
script
calligraphy
13
The wheel and the sail
allowed for great street and ocean races
created a way in which crop growers could trade one another
sold for $100.00 back in the early days
provide luxurious cruises for rich Mesopotamians.
14
The religious people in Early Mesopotamia believed in
polytheism
creationism
monotheism
atheism
15
One of the first major cities to be developed in Mesopotamia was
Sumer
Waterloo
Anaheim
Aleppo
16
Farmers built their communities near
a water source
where the buffalo were living at the time
the Mississippi River
a 7-Eleven

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