Mesopotamia Flashcard Review

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Define code:

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organized set of laws

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How did irrigation improve the infrastructure in Turkey?

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Irrigation improved the infrastructure of Turkey by growing a surplus of food and making the farmers more money.

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Why did the Sumerians need to invent writing?

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The increase in population increased the amount of trade, and led to the need to keep records.

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Which correctly identifies the characteristics of the Assyrian and Babylonian empires? Options: Babylon inventive & Assyrian warlike, Babylon warlike & Assyrian inventive, Babylon strong & Assyrian weak, Babylon creative & Assyrian inventive

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Babylon inventive & Assyrian warlike

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Which characteristic involves people doing specific jobs?

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Specialized workers

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Which of the following is a characteristic of a civilization? Culture/Inventions, Nomadic lifestyle, Lack of government, No written language

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Culture/Inventions

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Priests were leaders because they?

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They communicated with gods

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What is the location labeled as F on the map?

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Ur

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It is believed that Kings rose to power because they were… successful military leaders, supported by the gods, successfully defended the city-state in war/conflict, all of the above

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all of the above

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An epic is a...

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long poem about a hero