Mesopotamia Quiz Pages 36-47

Studying the movements and position of the sun, moon, star, and planets in belief that they influence people's lives

• cylinder seal

• wheel

• astronomy

• seeder plow

developed by using the cycles of the moon

• astronomy

• 12 month calendar

• astrology

• cunieform

allowed a farmer to drop seeds down a funnel on the center of the plow

• barley-corn

• wheel

• seeder plow

used to sign documents and record information

• cunieform

• wheel

• cylinder seal

the scientific study of stars and heavenly objects

• astrology

• astronomy

came from the development of a number system based on a certain number

• 60 minute hr

• calendar

wedge shaped writing

• heiroglyphics

• cuneiform

• cylinder seal

the Mesopotamians were the first people to recognize the concept of this number

• 60

• 10

• 0

• 100

smallest unit of weight

• barley-corn

• seeds

• wheels

improved transportation by land

• plow

• yoke

• wheel