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What was the Sumerian nickname for themselves?
"Black headed ones"
What neighboring country also practiced art and writing, although in a different style?
Egypt
What was the largest structure in a city-state?
the ziggurat
What is it called when animals are tamed for human use?
Domestication
Mesopotamian people spent less time just trying to survive and more time -
making art (writing poems, crafting pottery, weaving cloth)
city-states fought each other to gain -
land, especially good farm lands
Built around city-states
walls
Why is Mesopotamia called "The Cradle of Civilization"?
Mesopotamians created many ideas that guided the development of other civilizations / birthplace of cultural ideas
Life could be more difficult when settled, because settled people had to -
defend their lands, homes, and possessions.
What Mesopotamian invention made planting seeds easier?
the plow
What is one Mesopotamian invention used around the world, every day?
wheels
What 3 things lead to growth in Mesopotamia?
clean water, a good climate, and good soil for farming
Homes and buildings in Mesopotamia were built out of -
mud bricks
Punishments under Hammurabi's Code varied depending on the person's -
social class or status
Under Hammurabi's Code, who would receive better treatment, a farmer or a priest?
a priest
Mesopotamia is located in what is present day -
Iraq
Why was the Mesopotamia called the Fertile Crescent?
The land is in the shape of a crescent
The towns in the Fertile Crescent were called
city states
What are people called who move around to find food and who do not live in a settled location?
Nomads
What was the punishment for a son that struck his father?
The son could lose his hands
What metal is created by combining copper and tin?
Bronze
True or false- Sumerians came up with the concept of dividing time into units.
True
The number behind Sumerian math is
60
Directing water to fields to help crops to grow is-
irrigation
Sumerian writing was called
Cuniform
Sumerian writing was called
Cuniform
Hammurabi's Code helped keep order and structure. Today these sort of rules are called -
laws
What two rivers formed the fertile crescent?
Tigris and Euphrates
A ziggurat is-
a temple
Who came first, Sumerians or Babylonians?
Sumerians
What is left behind after a river floods?
Silt
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