Key Vocab
What is polytheism?
What is worshiping multiple gods
What is water
Cultural expressions, monumental buildings, and artwork.
What is the main method they used to water crops?
What is specializing in multiple jobs
What was the thing that allowed people to settle?
What is farming
Large construction projects funded/managed by government for public benefit.
When you had more food then you needed it was a...?
What is a food surplus
What is domestication?
What is taming wild animals
Mesopotamia was located in this area
The Fertile Crescent
Record-keeping systems for laws, trade, and history.
What is writing
What did they use to pull plows?
What was ox
The first ancient civilization.
What is Mesopotamia
Due to the need for water, most civilizations settled near what?
What is a river
Systems to organize people, create laws, and provide safety.
What is structured government
What was the main, agricultural struggle?
Food shortages
What are the rivers Mesopotamia were in-between?
What are the Euphrades and Tigris rivers.
How many pillars of Civilization are there?
What is 8
What is job specialization