Iraq Video

4. Go http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Places/Find/Iraq. Watch the video and answer the following questions (make sure your sound is on):
a. What is known as the "Cradle of Civilization"?
- Modern day Iraq.
b. Where did these civilizations develop?
- Mesopotamia
c. Recorded history in Iraq began with what group?
- Sumerians
d. What did the Mesopotamians build to collect water?
- Canals and Dikes
e. Name 2 Mesopotamian cities.
- Uruk and Ur
f. What did crop surpluses do?
- Allowed society to flourish and towns to be built
g. Who lived at the temple?
- Priests, Elders, and Craftsman
h. What was a "ziggurat"?
- A holy tower for worship
i. What were kings revered as?
- gods
j. What is "cuneiform"?
- The Sumerians form of writing
k. What did they write on their clay tablets? (They kept records of what?)
- They kept records of transactions of sheep and grain
l. What was the "Epic of Gilgamesh"?
- The oldest piece of literature outside the Bible
m. Describe the "hanging gardens" of Babylon.
- Revered as one of the wonders of the world
n. Who was King Hammurabi? What was Hammurabi's Code?
- The King who made the hanging gardens of Babylon. Hammurabi's Code defined private property and legal decisions
o. What did Mesopotamia leave a legacy of?
- Literature and engineering