•Mrs Williams’•Social Studies

•Ch. 3 Study guide

•1. In order to conquer Babylon, the Kassites waited until the Hittites left the city.

•2. A large division of a country is called a territory

•3. The Sumerians used dikes to control river flooding

•4.The lowest class of Sumerians were the farmworkers and slaves

•5. A governing system ruled by a king or queen is a Monarchy

•6. Babylon became the center of Mesoptamian culture after the Medes conquered the Assyrian Empire

•7. A code is a set of laws written in a clear and orderly way.

•8. Sumerians developed a writing system because officials wanted to keep records or food production and distribution

•9. The world’s first empire builder was known as Sargon.

•10. In Babylon a tax system was used to make the people pay for the running of government

•11. The Assyrians learned how to make and use chariots from the Hittites

•12. An official order or decision made by a ruler is a decree

•13. A bureaucracy is governing group of specially selected officials

•14. In Sumer, a person who wrote things for others was called a scribe

15. Assyrian Achievements

First paved roadsOrganized government

First locks with keys

•Essay•The code of Hammurabi; 1st written set of laws.

•Strong shall not oppress the weak

•Covered everyday life•Belief of an eye for an eye