Which Rivers formed the fertile crescent?, Nile and Tigris, Euphrates and Nile, Euphrates and Tigris, Jordan and Tigris, What was the writing system in Mesopotamia called?, Hieroglyphics , Sanskrit, Pictographs, Cuneiform, Who created the first set of written laws?, Nebuchadnezzar, Hammurabi, Cyrus the Great, Gilgamesh, What type of leadership did most of the civilization fall under?, Kings and Priests, only Kings, only Preists, Merchants, True or False: Only scribes were educated in how to use the Cuneiform writing., True, False, Who was the first to lead empire building in Mesopotamia?, Hammurabi, Cyrus the Great, Sargon of Akkad, the Amorites, Currency system was not developed yet. People had to use a different system to get goods and services. What did they use?, There was no system, Barter/Trade, people were too greedy to give up anything, they traded mud and clay products for goods and services, What were some MILITARY advancements that happened in Mesopotamia?  (there is more than one correct answer), tactics, Archers, Ladders, warships, Later in the timeline, which group became the largest EMPIRE in Mesopotamia?, Babylonians, Akkadians, Persians, Sumerians, True or False: Sumerians were the first to use wheeled transportation like Chariots., False, True, How many Codes (Laws) did Hammurabi develop?, 282, 975, over 1,000, 167, Why was Mesopotamia known as the "Fertile Crescent"?, because the area was dry all the time., The area flooded all the time and helped make the soil better for crops., because nothing grew there, people had no crops., People liked taking mud baths., Which of the following is NOT an advancement Sumerians made in FARMING?, Crop rotation and irrigation systems, using animals to plow and till land for planting, developing pipe systems and aqueducts, building levees to control water, True or False: The Temple of Ur became so famous that it was considered one of the 7 wonders of the world., True: It was one of the largest temples in history!, False: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon was one of the 7 Wonders., Think about the Early Humans unit. We learned about the Stone age and the Bronze age, what came after that during Mesopotamian times?, Golden age, Iron age, Ice age, Age of technology.

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