Geography
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is "land between two rivers"?
What is the type of climate which is fairly dry and usually has little rain?
What is semiarid?
What is a long period without rain?
What is a drought?
Who was responsible for the connection between the gods and the people?
Who are the priests?
Who was responsible for keeping records and writing?
Who were the scribes?
Name the two rivers on either side of Mesopotamia.
What is the Euphrates and Tigris River?
What is the center of the Sumerian city?
What is the Ziggurat?
What is the system of carrying water from the rivers to their farmlands?
What is irrigation?
What was the center of Sumerian city-states?
What is the Ziggurat?
What was the geographic feature that helps Mesopotamian trade?
What are the rivers?
Describe the climate of Mesopotamia.
semiarid, dry, little rain, fertile soil
Who was the highest ranked person in ancient Sumerian civilization?
What is the king?
What is a community which includes city and surrounding area?
What is a city-state?
What were slaves?
Who were slaves?
People whose parents were slaves, people who needed to pay off debts, very unwealthy individuals
How were the floods beneficial to Mesopotamia?
They provided the water needed to water crops. Through irrigation channels, Mesopotamians were able to control the flow of water.
What is wedge-shaped writing called?
What is cuneiform?
Who is the person that is responsible for writing and keeping records?
Who is the scribe?
False. They could belong to all levels of social classes.
How did the domestication of animals help in using the plow?
They were able to use domesticated oxen to push the plow.
Mesopotamia is located in this country: ______.
What is Iraq?
What is polytheism?
The belief in one god.
Name one trait of civilization.
advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, advanced technology
Vulnerability of the city brought about the need for what?
What is a king?
What is Ur?