2/16/24 Mesopotamia Flashcard

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Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.

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The Tigris and the Euphrates

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Who is featured here atop the stele of laws that they enacted?

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Hammurabi and Shamash

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What is the difference between Prehistoric society and Mesopotamian society?

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Prehistoric people were hunter gatherers, did not leave written history, made artwork primarily about animals, and were nomads, while Mesopotamian people were farmers, left extensive writings, made art about many subjects, and built cities and lived in them.

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Which of these are Mesopotamian inventions? The wheel, The plow, The alphabet, All of them

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All of them

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The few Mesopotamians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

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Scribes

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What was the main religion of the Mesopotamians?

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Polytheism

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Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is also known as

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irrigation

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All of these people are considered Mesopotamians except: Egyptians, Akaadians, Sumererians, Babalonians

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Egyptians

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Who held the highest levels of Mesopotamian society? Options: Scribes, Fishermen and Merchants, Priests and Rulers, Artists

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Priests and Rulers

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The Sumerian writing system was called

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Cuneiform