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Meso- Culture. Meso- Inventions. Epic of Gilgamesh. Meso- Agriculture. Meso- Geography. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. 500.

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  1. Meso-Culture Meso-Inventions Epic of Gilgamesh Meso-Agriculture Meso- Geography 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

  2. This writing system was based on symbols and was imprinted on clay tablets

  3. What is Cuneiform?

  4. What are these two Mesopotamians making use of

  5. What is an irrigation channel? “The land was a checkerboard with small basins, defined by a system of dikes. Problems regarding the uncertainty of the flow of the Nile were recognized. During very high flows, the dikes were washed away and villages flooded, drowning thousands. During low flows, the land did not receive water, and no crops could grow.”

  6. Name four items that were produced in Mesopotamia that created such a strong economy for the region?

  7. What arePottery, Wool, Barley, Wheat, Linseed Oil, Jewelry, Woolen Cloth, Leatherwork & Metal Work?BONUS QUESTION200ptsName one raw product that Mesopotamia imported & needed?

  8. This city was the cultural capital of Sumer? A) NippurB) UrukC) UrD) Larsa

  9. What is Nippur?

  10. These are the four civilizations controlled Mesopotamia?

  11. What are Sumer (2500BCE), Babylon (1700BCE), Assyria (625BCE), and Chaldea (600BCE)?

  12. This Mesopotamian invention could be found on their chariots

  13. What is the wheel?

  14. This invention allowed Mesopotamians to travel up & down the Tigris & Euphrates River

  15. What is a boat Bonus 400pts: Name three resources that were important for boat making?

  16. This drink was perfected by the Sumerians and the Egyptians borrowed their recipe!

  17. What is beer?

  18. This construction reminded the Mesopotamians of mountains which were absent from the flat Euphrates River Valley.

  19. What is a Ziggurat?

  20. The Mesopotamians invented this branch of Mathematics

  21. What is algebra

  22. The protagonist (main character) of one of the earliest stories

  23. Who is Gilgamesh?

  24. A monstrous giant of immemorial age raised by Utu, the Sun, was the guardian of the a forest

  25. Who is Humbaba?

  26. A wild-man raised by animals and ignorant of human society until he is tamed by Shamhat.

  27. Who is Enkidu?

  28. They traveled to this forest to acquired wood for boat building

  29. Where is the Cedar Forest?

  30. What was the Epic of Gilgamesh originally written on?

  31. What are tablets? 300pt BONUS: How many tablets were there? 15 10 12

  32. These allowed the soil of Mesopotamia to be fertile and perfect for growing staple grains

  33. What are floods?

  34. This was the main or staple crop of the region

  35. What is wheat?

  36. This large farm tool, pulled by an animal, used to turn over the soil

  37. What is a plough? BONUS 200pts: Name two animals that the Mesopotamians raised?

  38. The Mesopotamians would drain these to get access to their rich, very fertile soil

  39. What is a marsh?

  40. Overtime, this mineral degraded or reduced the fertility of the soil

  41. What is salt?

  42. These two rivers brought to life the Mesopotamian civilization

  43. What are the Tigris & Euphrates?

  44. This word means “between the rivers” in Greek

  45. What is Mesopotamia? What is Mesopotamia?

  46. Name one of the two deserts that are directly west of Mesopotamia

  47. What are the Syrian & Arabian

  48. This mountain range feeds the Tigris-Euphrates River System and is directly east of the Mesopotamian region

  49. What are the Zagros Mountains?

  50. Name 3 water bodies in and around the Middle East

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