Geography
What is the shape of the Fertile Crescent?
A crescent.
What's another word for wealthy?
What does Mesopotamia mean?
A _______ is an official record keeper.
scribe
What rivers flow through Mesopotamia?
The Tigris River and the Euphrates River
What's another word for soil?
silt
Who named Mesopotamia?
The Greeks.
________ made it dangerous to live on the Fertile Crescent because it made the rivers overflow, which destroyed crops and homes.
flooding
The Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf.
What's another word for barter?
trade
The Sumerians used cuneiform. What is cuneiform?
The Mesopotamians ________ animals. (They tamed and raised them.)
domesticated
What is Mesopotamia called today?
Iraq.
Define irrigation...
a way to get water to dry land
What is the name of the King who built the world's first empire?
King Sargon
Define city-state
a city that has its own government
What continent is Mesopotamia located on?
Asia
Define Polytheism...
Name 3 things that the Sumerians invented.
Cuneiform, the wheel, the 12-month calendar.
Define empire.
Land under one ruler.