Geography
Farming
Daily Life
First Civilization
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What major sea is to the west of Mesopotamia?
Mediterranean Sea
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Why was this area good for farming?
Flooding left rich, fertile soil in the river valleys.
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What were their buildings made of?
sun-dried bricks
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What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
"The Land Between Two Rivers"
100
What is this?
Fast food
200
What unpredictable occurrence makes the area fertile?
flooding
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Name two jobs people had in ancient Mesopotamia.
merchants, traders, seafarers, farmers
200
What were their temples called?
Ziggurat
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What is believed to be the world's first civilization?
Sumer
200
What is this?
pancakes
300
Name the two rivers that surround Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates
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What animals were important livestock to ancient Mesopotamia?
sheep and goats
300
What did a ziggurat look like?
a step pyramid with 3-7 levels
300
What civilization formed to the north of Sumer?
Akkad
300
What is this?
pie
400
What areas provided vegetation suitable for herding animals?
Deserts and mountains
400
What did they build for flood control and farming?
Dikes and Irrigation systems
400
What was the ancient Mesopotamia system of writing called?
Cuneiform
400
What was created when a soldier conquered all of Sumer and Akkad?
He created the first empire.
400
What is this?
Tacos
500
Name one of today's countries in the area of ancient Mesopotamia.
500
In what shape is region of Mesopotamia?
crescent
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Name one important invention they created.
Wheel... pottery, carts, chariots
500
What was the largest city-state called?
Ur
500
What is this?
lasagna