Mesopotamia Vocabulary Social Hierarchy

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Leaders

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Mesopotamia is located in present-day _____.

(Mesopotamia)• Iraq ($100)

What two rivers was Mesopotamia

between(Mesopotamia)• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers ($200)

Mesopotamia is considered the ______ of Civilization.

(Mesopotamia)• Cradle ($300)

Mesopotamia is also known as this. (Mesopotamia)

• Fertile Crescent ($400)

What does the word Mesopotamia mean?

(Mesopotamia)• Land between the two rivers ($500)

He is an Akkadian King who created the first empire. (Leaders)

• Sargon ($100)

He made a set of laws that dealt with criminals

(Leaders)• Hammurabi ($200)

He built the Library at Nineveh (Leaders)

• Ashurbanipal ($300)

He built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

(Leaders)• Nebuchadnezzar ($400)

Took over after Hammurabi died and made Babylon the

best city-state in Mesopotamia (Leaders)

• Nebuchadnezzar ($500)

Structures created by people to meet the

needs of society (Vocabulary)

• Social Institutions ($100)

A way to structure society with richer at the top and poorer at the bottom(Vocabulary)• Social Hierarchy/classes ($200)

A city-state the becomes so powerful, and makes an

ambry and conquers territories. (Vocabulary)

• Empire ($300)

A person who was able to read and write and had a powerful role in

society(Vocabulary)• Scribe ($400)

A group of people who were seen as the best in society because of

their wealth, talent, or power.(Vocabulary)

• Elite ($500)

These are at the top of the social pyramid (Social

Hierarchy)• King ($100)

These are found on the bottom of the social

pyramid (Social Hierarchy)• Slaves ($200)

These are directly below the priests (Social

Hierarchy)• Scribes ($300)

Give an example of a SKILLED laborer . (Social

Hierarchy)• Weaver, blacksmith, potter, merchant ($400)

Give an example of a UNSKILLED laborer .

(Social Hierarchy)• Soldier, farmer, shepherd, laborer. ($500)

An event that happened 10,000 years ago when

the Earth’s climate warmed (Neolithic Age)

• Great Thaw ($100)

An event which causes a VERY significant change in history

(Neolithic Age)

• Turning Point ($200)

Age of Foragers changed to the _______ Age

(Neolithic Age)

• Agrarian ($300)

Another name for Neolithic Age (Neolithic Age)

• Agrarian Age, or New Stone Age ($400)

This increased rapidly during this Age. (Neolithic

Age)

• Population ($500)

Vocabulary 1

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A type of society based on farming and raising

cattle.Vocabulary 1)• Agrarian ($200)

Having more than you need (Vocabulary 1)

• Surplus ($400)

Believing in more than one god (Vocabulary 1)

• Polythiestic ($600)

Writing that developed in Sumer (Vocabulary 1)

• Cuneiform ($800)

Temple built for the gods (Vocabulary 1)

• Ziggurat ($1000)

Assyrians made weapons out of this (Vocabulary 2)

• Iron ($200)

A permanent community where

people live. (Vocabulary 2)

• Settlement ($400)

When different people in society take on specific jobs that require unique

skills (Vocabulary 2)

• Specialization of Labor ($600)

Sumerians invented an early form of this (Vocabulary 2)

• Mathematics ($800)

What era do we live in? (Vocabulary 2)

• Industrial Age ($1000)

List the 5 S’s of society (Final Jeopardy)

• Settlement, surplus, specialization of labor, social hierarchy, and social institutions