ASB 222: Exam 4 Questions with Correct Answers
Question 1:
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Answer:
"land between the rivers"
Question 2:
What are the two rivers that Mesopotamia reside on?
Answer:
Tigris and Euphrates River
Question 3:
Mesopotamia is known for
Answer:
-the earliest state arose
Question 4:
-a place where agriculture and state societies emerge. what were some consequences that
arose out of Mesopotamia's two rivers? ran parallel from each other
-carries a lot of silt and deposit silt as they flow that are layered heavily with silt
-There is no minerals, metal and stones accessible. Largely buried really deep.
Answer:
-the river
Question 5:
-The earliest civilizations are unable to be discovered because of the geological setting -This
land is extremely fertile, it constantly replenished the nutrients in the soil. -The two rivers make
irrigation possible with the flood and flow of water to make farming sustainable. Many early
sites in Mesopotamia are now desert wastelands today, Why? a different channel.
Answer:
-When
,Question 6:
-Story tells about Gilgamesh's search for eternal life along with his companion. what was the
problem with the construction of mud-brick houses in Mesopotamia?
Answer:
the
Question 7:
homes would deteriorate every 50 years, therefore it would repeatedly be rebuilt. What
occurred in 5000 BC in Mesopotamia?
Answer:
an increase reliance on agriculture with
Question 8:
What was the first evidence of non-residential architecture for the public in
Answer:
irrigation and intensified food production.
Question 9:
Mesopotamia?
-seen as a focal point of the societies in Mesopotamia
-the god in which the temple is dedicated for is what the city identifies with
-growth of temples = growth of cities
-the religious elite became the dominant force that led the societies
Answer:
Temples
Question 10:
-warka vase = shows a processions of offerings being brought to the temple. What is Uruk
known for?
-at Mesopotamia's peak, Uruk was the largest city to live in uruk.
Answer:
-1st monumental urban center in the world
, Question 11:
-As it was growing as an urban settlements, all the small towns were being abandoned -Known
as a city that drove urbanization. What do we know about Mesopotamia's political
organization? about the political organization
Answer:
-we know every little
Question 12:
-only know there was a king and a city council. What was Mesopotamia's legal law?
-Dates 1800 BC
perjury, murder, adoption, ownership of slaves, marriage etc
Answer:
Code of Hammurabi
Question 13:
-a series of legal documents of laws that covers a lot of domains such as: penalties for -the king
had jurisdiction over social lives What type of innovative technologies did Mesopotamia invent?
agricultural yield and helped till land)
-wool and textiles (used to export and trade for metals
-wheel, wheeled vehicules
Answer:
-plow (increases the
-writing system
Question 14:
What was Mesopotamia's writing system clay tokens and record transactions
-scribes of Mesopotamia would make elaborate engravings as a sign.
-Around 4000 BC, clay envelopes are impressed on the outside with the tokens
-about 200 kinds of token have identified
-is the earliest writing system in world around 3000 BC
-Gives the archaeologist the value of economic commodities from Mesopotamian
Answer:
-hollow clay envelopes were used to enclose history
Question 15:
What was the social hierarchy in Mesopotamia?
hats and knitted skirt where status and wealth is signaled in society
Question 1:
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Answer:
"land between the rivers"
Question 2:
What are the two rivers that Mesopotamia reside on?
Answer:
Tigris and Euphrates River
Question 3:
Mesopotamia is known for
Answer:
-the earliest state arose
Question 4:
-a place where agriculture and state societies emerge. what were some consequences that
arose out of Mesopotamia's two rivers? ran parallel from each other
-carries a lot of silt and deposit silt as they flow that are layered heavily with silt
-There is no minerals, metal and stones accessible. Largely buried really deep.
Answer:
-the river
Question 5:
-The earliest civilizations are unable to be discovered because of the geological setting -This
land is extremely fertile, it constantly replenished the nutrients in the soil. -The two rivers make
irrigation possible with the flood and flow of water to make farming sustainable. Many early
sites in Mesopotamia are now desert wastelands today, Why? a different channel.
Answer:
-When
,Question 6:
-Story tells about Gilgamesh's search for eternal life along with his companion. what was the
problem with the construction of mud-brick houses in Mesopotamia?
Answer:
the
Question 7:
homes would deteriorate every 50 years, therefore it would repeatedly be rebuilt. What
occurred in 5000 BC in Mesopotamia?
Answer:
an increase reliance on agriculture with
Question 8:
What was the first evidence of non-residential architecture for the public in
Answer:
irrigation and intensified food production.
Question 9:
Mesopotamia?
-seen as a focal point of the societies in Mesopotamia
-the god in which the temple is dedicated for is what the city identifies with
-growth of temples = growth of cities
-the religious elite became the dominant force that led the societies
Answer:
Temples
Question 10:
-warka vase = shows a processions of offerings being brought to the temple. What is Uruk
known for?
-at Mesopotamia's peak, Uruk was the largest city to live in uruk.
Answer:
-1st monumental urban center in the world
, Question 11:
-As it was growing as an urban settlements, all the small towns were being abandoned -Known
as a city that drove urbanization. What do we know about Mesopotamia's political
organization? about the political organization
Answer:
-we know every little
Question 12:
-only know there was a king and a city council. What was Mesopotamia's legal law?
-Dates 1800 BC
perjury, murder, adoption, ownership of slaves, marriage etc
Answer:
Code of Hammurabi
Question 13:
-a series of legal documents of laws that covers a lot of domains such as: penalties for -the king
had jurisdiction over social lives What type of innovative technologies did Mesopotamia invent?
agricultural yield and helped till land)
-wool and textiles (used to export and trade for metals
-wheel, wheeled vehicules
Answer:
-plow (increases the
-writing system
Question 14:
What was Mesopotamia's writing system clay tokens and record transactions
-scribes of Mesopotamia would make elaborate engravings as a sign.
-Around 4000 BC, clay envelopes are impressed on the outside with the tokens
-about 200 kinds of token have identified
-is the earliest writing system in world around 3000 BC
-Gives the archaeologist the value of economic commodities from Mesopotamian
Answer:
-hollow clay envelopes were used to enclose history
Question 15:
What was the social hierarchy in Mesopotamia?
hats and knitted skirt where status and wealth is signaled in society
