Vocabulary
What is the name of the land between two rivers?
Mesopotamia
What was the basic political unit of Sumer?
the city state
What does the name Mesopotamia mean?
land between two rivers
The ____________ ____________ was the most important way of making the farm more fertile.
Flooding River
What is the term for the city and all of the countryside around it?
City-State
What is a long poem that tells the story of a hero?
Epic
What rivers does Mesopotamia lie between?
Tigres and Euphrates
______________ is an organized society within a specific area.
Civilization
What is the term for worshipping many gods/goddesses?
Polytheism
What is a pyramid-shaped temple at the center of a Sumerian city?
Ziggurats
What is a large arc of fertile farmland?
Fertile Crescent
_____________ are human-made waterways.
Canals
What is a system of writing developed by the Sumerians?
Cuneiform
What is used in cuneiform to represent objects?
Pictographs
_____________ desribes workers who become experts at a particular job.
Specialization
What is one invention of the Sumerians and why is it important?
cuneiform -introduced writing and communication to the world
wheel - the first method of transportation
irrigation- helped with farming and growing crops
math/arithmetic- contributed the number 60 that helps with time
What is the division of a society by rank or class?
_________ is a way to supply water to an area of land.
This provides ________ which is rich soil that plants grow well in.
Irrigation
Silt
Having a ______________ is having more than what is needed.
surplus
What is one invention of Ancient Sumer and why is it important?
cuneiform -introduced writing and communication to the world
wheel - the first method of transportation
irrigation- helped with farming and growing crops
math/arithmetic- contributed the number 60 that helps with time