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•Around which natural landform did the early people settle?

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•Rivers

Question 1 - 20

•Which of the 6 components of culture would Hammurabi’s Code of Laws be considered?

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•Politics

Question 1 - 30

•Which class of people in ancient Mesopotamia had the largest population of people?

Answer 1 – 30

•The Middle Class

Question 1 - 40

•What technological advancement allowed agriculture to develop in the River Valley Civilizations?

Answer 1 – 40

•Irrigation

Question 1 - 50

•Why was Hammurabi’s Code of Laws so important?

Answer 1 – 50

•It established the world’s first written code of law

Question 2 - 10

•On what was the early people’s economy based?

Answer 2 – 10

•Farming

Question 2 - 20

•Which form of government has religious leaders as the heads of their government?

Answer 2 – 20

•Theocracy

Question 2 - 30

•The Epic of Gilgamesh is an example of literature from which civilization?

Answer 2 – 30

•Mesopotamia

Question 2 - 40

•A Sumerian temple that is pyramid shaped is called?

Answer 2 – 40

•Ziggurat

Question 2 - 50

•The few Sumerians who learned how to write were called?

Answer 2 – 50

•Scribes

Question 3 - 10

• The Sumerian Government had a surplus of grain which allowed them to trade for other goods they needed, what type of economy is this?

Answer 3 – 10

•Barter economy

Question 3 - 20

•What type of writing is this?

Answer 3 – 20

•Cuneiform

Question 3 - 30

•In order for government to develop people had to develop?

Answer 3 – 30

•Cities

Question 3 - 40

•Were all people treated equally under Hammurabi’s Code?

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•No people from wealthier social classes were treated better

Question 3 - 50

•What type of religion was there in Mesopotamia?

Answer 3 – 50

•Polytheistic

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•Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia and created the world’s first empire?

Answer 4 – 10

•Sargon

Question 4 - 20

•What are the two rivers located in Mesopotamia?

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•Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Question 4 - 30

•A city with its surrounding farmland with its own government, military, and laws is called?

Answer 4 – 30

•City-State

Question 4 - 40

•Who built the ancient world wonder, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, for his homesick wife?

Answer 4 – 40

•Nebuchadnezzar

Question 4 - 50

•What is this?

Answer 4 – 50

•Cylinder Seal

Question 5 - 10

•A group of many lands under one ruler is called an?

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•Empire

Question 5 - 20

•The astronomers of Babylon mapped what?

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•The stars and planets

Question 5 - 30

•Mesopotamia is in a region known as the Fertile Crescent due to the abundance of what particular item?

Answer 5 – 30

•Silt

Question 5 - 40

•Job specialization was a direct result of?

Answer 5 – 40

•Increased food supply

Question 5 - 50

• What is this?

Answer 5 – 50

•Hammurabi’s Code of Laws posted on a stone pillar, a Stele