The First Civilization
Geography
Life in Sumer
Inventions
Vocabulary
100
an advanced form of culture
What is a civilization?
100
The two rivers that flowed through Mesopotamia
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
100
a metal made of copper and tin
What is bronze?
100
this increased their ability to raise crops for food
What is a plow?
200
the leader of a group of people
What is a king?
200
This contains soil that is enriched by overflowing water from the river
What is a floodplain?
200
keeping official records in Sumerian society
Who were the scribes?
200
This was created to help move and transport goods
What is the wheel?
200
the fine soil deposited by a flood
What is silt?
300
The early Mesopotamians organized themselves into
What are city states?
300
this happens when not enough rain or snow falls
What is a drought?
300
These people were at the top of the social class
Who were the kings and priests?
300
This was a wedge shaped type of writing
What is cuneiform?
300
farmers built these to carry water to their crops
What are canals?
400
the belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
400
When a civilization has more than it needs
What is a surplus?
400
These protected people from troubles and danger.
Who are the gods?
400
the number system was based on what number
What is 60?
400
The land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
500
This building was used for worship and to collect payments
What is a ziggurat?
500
Mesopotamia gets only 10 inches of rain per year and it is hot in the summer. Their climate is considered_____
What is semiarid?
500
used to scratch wedge shapes into clay
What is a stylus?
500
the first writing system of the Sumerians
What are pictographs?
500
What they built their houses out of
What is mud and straw?
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