Reviewing Mesopotamia for the Quiz

Today in class, we reviewed for the quiz on Wednesday, January 29, 2020. It will consist of around 15-20 questions with some of them being multiple choice. Mr. Schick told us what important key ideas that will be on it and what we should study. Below are the questions and answers that will be on the quiz on Wednesday.

1. What age was marked by advanced tool making and beginnings of agriculture? The Neolithic Age
2. What was the earliest prehistoric age (Old Stone Age)? The Paleolithic Age
3. What is the belief in many gods called? Polytheism
4. What is the process in which a new idea spreads from one culture to another? Cultural diffusion
5. What is a thick bed of mud? Silt
6. What is a series of rulers from a single family? Dynasty
7. What is a city with its surrounding territory forming an independent state called? City-state
8. What is the earliest form of writing created by the Sumerians? Cuneiform
9. What is a Sumerian temple built onto a "mountain" of Earth? Ziggurat
10. What is a code of laws that included "an eye for an eye" and regulations of marriage, divorce, crimes, etc.? Hammurabi's Code