.Sec 1-2 His Ch2 Part 1

What is the study of predicting the future by the stars?

A massive pyramid-shaped temple in Mesopotamia was called a __________.

Who were at the bottom of the social hierarchy of Mesopotamia?

What invention in the 4th millennium BC made travel and trade much easier?

An independent city with its own government and control over surrounding land.

T/F The Phoenician alphabet had 26 letters, just like ours.

What infamous phrase about owing equal compensation, comes from the code of Hammurabi?

Which are the FOUR first major cities in Mesopotamia?

What Zodiac symbol is this?

What Zodiac symbol is this?

Writing emerged in what region of Mesopotamia?

The Phoenician alphabet led to the _________ alphabet.

Cuneus is Latin and it means __________.

T/F Mesopotamian women were considered equal to men.

Hammurabi was the king of what ancient city?

The Greek alphabet led to the ___________ alphabet.

T/F Mesopotamian Math is base-10 just like ours.

What Zodiac symbol is this?

The first form of writing was called what?

Mesopotamian cities were usually led by a _________.

T/F Mesopotamians discovered geometry.

What Zodiac symbol is this?

Which does NOT share the Mesopotamian idea of an underworld for the dead?

What Zodiac symbol is this?

What Zodiac symbol is this?

What Zodiac symbol is this?

Which does NOT share the Mesopotamian belief of a Great Flood?

T/F Mesopotamians believed their destinies were written in the stars.

T/F Writing was initially based on drawings of objects.

Which are NOT things Mesopotamians did to "woo" their gods?

What Zodiac symbol is this?

T/F A man could sell his wife into slavery to repay debt.

What was the name of the major story about the gods?

Who were usually the ones who could read and write in ancient Mesopotamia?

What Zodiac symbol is this?

T/F Mesopotamian cities were often small and sparsely populated.

Mesopotamians worshipped many gods. They were _________.

Potamos is Greek and it means _________.

What Zodiac symbol is this?

T/F Merchants spread Mesopotamian culture to other regions.

Mesos is Greek and it means __________.

T/F Mesopotamian kings received their power from the people.

Who owned most of the land around a Mesopotamian city?

What Zodiac symbol is this?

Which is does NOT share the Mesopotamian belief of humans first formed by clay?

What emerged around 1400 BC in Ugarit?

What are the TWO great rivers that allowed Mesopotamia to thrive?

What was the first major code of law in the world called?

What emerged in Mesopotamia around 3300 BC?

What Zodiac symbol is this?