Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password

Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Unit 2- Mesopotamia

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
show an objects from the past  
🗑
show artifacts or objects left behind : clothing, tools, weapons and coins  
🗑
What evidence would a geographer want to analyze?   show
🗑
show written records :diaries, letters,  
🗑
Define primary sources:   show
🗑
Give two examples of primary sources:   show
🗑
Define secondary sources:   show
🗑
show textbooks, biography  
🗑
Explain how to read a timeline.   show
🗑
What does BCE stand for?   show
🗑
What does CE stand for?   show
🗑
show a group of people who share government, religion, language and customs  
🗑
What does the word “Mesopotamia” mean?   show
🗑
What are the names of the twin rivers?   show
🗑
show trade/travel, drinking water, irrigate crops, fishing  
🗑
show Tigris and Euphrates: irrigate crops to create a surplus which was a stable food supply, Deserts: protection from attacks  
🗑
show people had to keep moving from place to place, it did not create a stable food supply  
🗑
Define agriculture.   show
🗑
What did farmers produce and how did it benefit the Mesopotamian civilization?   show
🗑
show Agriculture: created a stable food supply therefore there were more jobs  
🗑
Not having enough trees to build home. (solution   show
🗑
Define city-state.   show
🗑
Define barter. (Give examples of each).   show
🗑
show irrigation canals and plows  
🗑
show so people could do others jobs and Mesopotamia would become more advanced  
🗑
How were social classes determined?   show
🗑
Define social mobility.   show
🗑
show NO!  
🗑
show enforced laws and collected taxes, built temples and made sure irrigation canals were maintained, led army  
🗑
Who was part of the upper class?   show
🗑
Who was part of the common class?   show
🗑
Give 2 pieces of evidence that describes a slave.   show
🗑
show King chosen by the gods  
🗑
show Divine Kingship: King chosen by the gods  
🗑
What is the name of the writing system that the Ancient Mesopotamians used?   show
🗑
show to keep track of goods bartered/traded at the marketplace  
🗑
What invention made transportation easier and faster?   show
🗑
What was Ashurbanipal of Assyria known for?   show
🗑
show Persians did not adopt Mesopotamain way of life  
🗑
show Made levees, canals, and dams  
🗑
difficulties in building and maintaining irrigation systems   show
🗑
show built walls and moats  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: Mtenney
Popular World History sets