People that lived during the Neolithic Revolution lived in communities called _______________.
What are bands?
Neolithic people used ____________ to get water to their fields.
Irrigation.
One of the first major civilizations was ___________, or the land between two rivers.
What is mesopotamia?
Because there was surplus _________, people were able to do different jobs besides farming.
What is food?
This is the country that now exists where Mesopotamia once was.
What is Iraq?
The change in __________ allowed for a longer growing season.
What is climate?
During the Neolithic Revolution, the population went (up or down) rapidly.
What is up?
Ziggurats symbolized gods and offered a place of ________.
What is worship?
A ______________ is a group of people living together with the same culture and ways of life.
What is civilization?
The name for this structure, used for worship in ancient Mesopotamia.

What is a ziggurat?
When food ran out, bands would _______________ to a new region.
What is migrate?
______________ is the time before events were recorded.
What is prehistory?
True or false: the Hebrews escaped from Mesopotamia.
What is false?
__________ is watering of dry land using systems of pipes or streams.
What is irrigation?
True or false: Mesopotamians live 8000-2000 BC.
What is true?
The _______________ ______________ brought changes in tools and technology.
What is Agricultural Revolution?
___________ soil is rich in nutrients and produced bigger and better crops.
What is fertile?
Three inventions from the Mesopotamians that we still use today.
What are the wheel, plow, calendar, writing systems, and levees to control water.
True or false: the Neolithic Era was part of the Stone Age.
What is true?
The Mesopotamian civilization existed between the Tigris and _________ Rivers.
What is Euphrates?
The breeding of plants or animals for human use is called ________________ and it allowed people to stay in one place.
What is domestication?
A ___________ __________ is a nomad that hunted and gathered plants and animals for food.
What is Hunter Gatherer?
Mesopotamia was known as the _______ ________ because of the silt the rivers carried, and the crescent shape of the land.
What is Fertile Crescent?
A ____________ is when a person focuses on a specific job such as carpentry or pottery.
What is specialization?
Mesopotamian cities had __________, which is a temple built atop a series of increasingly smaller platforms.
What are ziggurats?