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Government and Written Law. Social Hierarchy. Random Questions. Potpourri. Vocabulary. 1pt. 1 pt. 1 pt. 1pt. 1 pt. 2 pt. 2 pt. 2pt. 2pt. 2 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 3 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4pt. 4 pt. 4pt. 5pt. 5 pt. 5 pt. 5 pt. 5 pt.

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  1. Government and Written Law Social Hierarchy Random Questions Potpourri Vocabulary 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt

  2. The US social hierarchy is based on this

  3. Wealth

  4. List the 3 Mesopotamian classes from top to bottom in order.

  5. Amelu, Mushkinu, Wardu

  6. The Mesopotamian social hierarchy is based on this.

  7. Jobs

  8. The bottom of social hierarchies was usually comprised of whom.

  9. Slaves

  10. Trades people and businessmen comprised this Mesopotamian level.

  11. Mushkinu

  12. Artificially bringing water to land for increasing plant growth.

  13. Irrigation

  14. A public clerk whose job is to copy down information.

  15. Scribe

  16. The slaves or lowest class in Mesopotamia

  17. Wardu

  18. Define Ziggurat

  19. Mesopotamian religious temple at the center of a city

  20. A place with surrounding countryside that has the same leader of religious, political, economic, and cultural life.

  21. City-State

  22. King who created Mesopotamian written code of law.

  23. Hammurabi

  24. Why was Hammurabi’s code an achievement?

  25. It was the first code of laws to apply to everyone

  26. Hammurabi said this about his code of laws.

  27. The god’s told him to create it.

  28. Why do civilizations have a code of law?

  29. Used to guide life and control the population

  30. A nickname for the punishments dictated by Hammurabi’s code.

  31. An eye for an eye.

  32. What is the #1 Rule for station’s work?

  33. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS!!!

  34. What did surplus food allow the Mesopotamian civilization to have?

  35. Different Jobs/Specialized Workers

  36. Why did Mesopotamians keep records?

  37. Recorded traded goods; amounts of barley in the temple; etc

  38. Name two technologies that came out of Mesopotamia

  39. The arch and the wheel

  40. Name the most important building and its location in a Mesopotamian city-state

  41. Ziggurat; Center

  42. What was one of the King’s most important jobs in Mesopotamia?

  43. Running the Army

  44. What was the Mesopotamians view of the afterlife?

  45. There was none, just a dark underworld. Life was to please the gods

  46. Mesopotamia is located between which two rivers?

  47. Tigris and Euphrates

  48. What was the problem that ancient Mesopotamians faced when they moved down to the rivers?

  49. Floods and Droughts. Uncontrolled water supply

  50. What is an ARVC?

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