Farming
Vocabulary
Geography of Mesopotamia
Not Always A Farmer
Inventions
100

What type of system did Mesopotamians use to bring water to their crops?

What is irrigation? 

100

Meaning the land between rivers.

What is Mesopotamia? 

100

Mesopotmia was a good place for farming because of ______ deposits. 

What is silt?

100

Which job is followed by the description below?

A person who may teach children about different style of cuneiform.

What is a teacher?

100

Mesopotamians invented the _____ that helped with planting seeds.

What is the plow?

200

Mesopotamians used ______ to carry water from the river to their crops. 

What is canals? 

200

This is a style of writing that Mesopotamians invented.

What is cuneiform? 

200

The two rivers that were important to Mesopotamians were _________ and _________.

What is the Euphrates River and the Tigris River.

200

Which job is followed by the description below?

A person who exchanges things he has a surplus of for new resources. 

What is a trader?

200

Mesopotamians  invented the ______ that helped to pull their plows.

What is the wheel?

300

The river dropped deposits of _____ of the Mesopotamian fields which made great soil for growing crops. 

What is silt?

300

Land that was great for growing crops.

What is a fertile crescent? 

300

Ancient Mesopotamia is now present day ______.

What is Iraq. 

300

Which job is followed by the description below?

A person who takes care of medicine and ill people.

What is a doctor or nurse?

300

Mesopotamians invented a style of writing called _________.

What is cuneiform?

400

Mesopotamians used this invention of theirs to plant seeds.

What is the plow?

400

This is a style of farming that was used when there was a drought or water was low.

What is irrigation?

400

_______ dropped water into the rivers in Mesopotamia.

What is Mountains?

400

Which job is followed by the description below?

A person who examines new minerals.

What is a scientist?

400

Mesopotamians invented a _______ that carries people on water.

What is the sailboat?

500

Not all Mesopotamians had the job of ________?

What is farming?

500

This is a place where Mesopotamians go to worship their 7 gods.

What is a zuggart?

500

Mesopotamia had a climate called ______.

What is semiarid?

500

Which job is followed by the description below?

A person who builds houses and walls.

What is a carpenter? 

500

Mesopotamians also invented _______ such as checkers.

What is checkers?


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