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Mesopotamia is located mostly in what modernday country?

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Iraq

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Name the two rivers that flow throughMesopotamia.

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Tigris & Euphrates

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Mesopotamia has what type of climate?

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Hot and dry

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What body of water do the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers empty into?

$400 Answer fromA

Persian Gulf

$500 Question fromA

What was left behind after the Tigris andEuphrates rivers flooded each year?

$500 Answer fromA

•Silt

$100 Question from B

The Sumerians were the first people in the worldto form a , which means theyhad their own government, laws and complexinstitutions.

$100 Answer from B

Civilization

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Why do we know so much about the historyand legacy of the Sumerians?

$200 Answer from B

They left written records

$300 Question from B

What did they invent that made farming much easier?

$300 Answer from B

The plow

$400 Question from B

What did the Sumerians invent that they usedin pottery and travel?

$400 Answer from B

The wheel

$500 Question from B

The Sumerians were the first in the world todo this with their language. Why did they do it?

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Make a written language to keep track of records ofsales.

$100 Question from C

A community that includes a city and its nearby farmlands.

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City-state

$200 Question from C

A temple where priests sacrificed and people worshipped and paid taxes. In other words, thecenter of city life.

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ziggurat

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With a of food, people couldn’thave specialized jobs.

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Surplus

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A metal made from a mixture of copper and tin. It made tools stronger and last longer.

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Bronze

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What tool did the scribes use to write cuneiformon clay tablets?

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A stylus

$100 Question from D

What did the Sumerians build their homes out of? Why?

$100 Answer from D

Mud bricks because it was all they had.

$200 Question from D

Why did people learn how to read and write, at first?

$200 Answer from D

To keep business records

$300 Question from D

Why did the Sumerians invent a calendar?

$300 Answer from D

To keep track of when it was time to plant and harvest.

$400 Question from D

Why were the priests so important to theSumerians?

$400 Answer from D

People believed they had access to the gods andthey controlled the irrigation system.

$500 Question from D

How did the Sumerians harness the water fromthe Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

$500 Answer from D

They built irrigation canals that they used towater crops and to travel for trade.

$100 Question from E

What “first” was Hammurabi’s Laws?

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The 1st time laws were written down for all to see. They established order & the idea that the law applies to everyone.

$200 Question from E

What was the main reason the Sumeriansdeveloped a surplus of food?

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Their irrigation system led to enough water for crops.

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Besides water for crops, what else were the canalsused for?

$300 Answer from E

To travel for trade.

$400 Question from E

Why did the Sumerians eventually have a king?

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Because when they went to war, they neededsomebody to lead them.

$500 Question from E

What happens when a few people are ableto produce enough food for everyone else?

$500 Answer from E

People can have specialized jobs, such asmerchants, priests, jewelry makers, home builders,etc.