Trading system exchanging goods without using money

How was the population of city-states divided?

Into the caste system with Brahmins at the top

Mesopotamians believed they could make the Gods happy by...

Following their role in society

Why is the geographical area called the Fertile Crescent?

The region supported early civilizations that farmed the land

The region supported large grasslands

The region supported hunters and gatherers

The region supported large herds of migrating animals

At first why was farming difficult in Mesopotamia?

Periodic flooding caused crop damage

The soil could not support many crops

What was the solution to the flooding of the rivers?

By irrigating the rivers into canals

By only farming during the dry season

Improved farming methods allowed farmers to produce more food. What were the effects of having better farming techniques? CHOOSE 2

Fewer people were needed as farmers and other jobs were developed

Society was divided according to the jobs they performed

more farmers were needed to tend the larger crops

Farmers were given a higher status on the social structure

How did the Mesopotamian’s use of bronze tools improve their civilization?

It allowed them to build larger cities

It allowed them to make pottery

It allowed them to irrigate fields better

It allowed them to move items more easily

What TWO facts were true of women’s roles in ancient Mesopotamian society. CHOOSE 2

Women were seen as having a lower social status than the men

Women in higher social classes could become priestesses

Women were often given farming jobs in society

WOmen could own property and were often education

Which mathematical advances were developed by the Mesopotamians? CHOOSE 2

Divided an hour into 60 minutes

Divided the year into 12 months

Why was it important that Hammurabi’s Code was written down?

So everyone knew exactly what was again the law

So children would know how to obey their parents

So foreigners knew that they should not commit a crime i the empire

So enslaved people could be punished if they disobeyed their masters

Why was Hammurabi’s Code considered important enough to be a lasting achievement of the Mesopotamian civilization?

It was the first written code of laws

It was the first writing in cuneiform

It was the first code given by the gods

It was the first set of laws in an ancient civilization

The invention of the wheel impacted Mesopotamian daily life. How did the wheel change Mesopotamian society.

chariot wheels helped with transportation

wheels on the plow helped with farming

milling stones helped create flour

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Fertile Crescent

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Trading system exchanging goods with money

Independent state

Curved region with rich soil

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Polytheism

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Belief in many gods

Belief there is no god

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Ziggurat

Curved region with rich soil

Triangular shaped writing

Pyramid shaped temple built for a god

Square shaped temple build for a priest

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Scribe

Someone who makes goods

Professional writer

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Professional farmer

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Circular shaped writing

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City-State

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Independent State complete w/ own government and traditions

Exchange of materials and goods

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Mesopotamia

Fertile Crescent

Polytheism

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Cunieform

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How was the population of city-states divided?

T/F: Men had lower positions in society

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