Vocabulary
Geographic setting
The First Cities
Sumerian religion
Mesopotamia Map
100
A professional writer is called a _______.
Scribe
100
Sumer was located in a city called _______.
Mesopotamia
100
Cities in Mesopotamia remained ______ __________ city states.
Politically Independent
100
The site of the temple to the main god or goddess of the city as the __________.
Ziggurat
100
What mountains are Northeast of Mesopotamia?
Zagros Mountains
200
Polytheism is a belief in ____ ____.
Many Gods
200
The river supplied fish,clay for building, and tall strong reeds used to make ________.
Boats
200
____ _____ supplied light for Sumerians homes.
Oil lamps
200
At the top of each ziggurat is a _______.
Shrine
200
What gulf is Southeast of Mesopotamia?
Persian Gulf
300
The fertile crescent is a region in _______ ____.
Southwest Asia
300
Sumer became one of the most _____ areas of the ancient world.
Prosperous
300
By _______ some of the earliest known cities arose into the southern region of Sumer.
3500 B.C
300
_____,______,________ activities take place at the temple cities.
Religious,social,Economic
300
What desert is Southwest of Mesopotamia?
Syrian Desert
400
A city that is also a separate independent state is a ____-_____.
City state
400
The word Mesopotamia comes from the Greek words that means "_______-__-_______".
Between the rivers
400
__________,________,_________,and ______ _______, filled the streets.
Musicians,acrobats,beggars, and water sellers
400
Ziggurats were pyramids made of _____.
Terraces
400
What river flows on the west side of Mesopotamia?
Euphrates River
500
In some cultures this maybe a legend that explains the people's belief _______.
Myth
500
Certain attractions drew people who became farmers and city builders.What are these attractions?
Rich soil and life growing rivers
500
Each Sumerian city acted as a seperate states, with its own special god or goddess, its own government, and eventually its own _____.
King
500
Other than religious beliefs, what else is important to them?
Poetry
500
What continent is Mesopotamia located today?
Asia
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