Geography
Rise of Sumer
Vocabulary
History and Vocabulary
All about Ms. P
100
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates River
What is Mesopotamia
100
The name of the group that developed the world's first civilization.
Who are the Sumerians.
100
A large arc of rich, fertile farmland
What is the Fertile Crescent
100
The worship of many gods.
What is polytheism
100
Favorite day of the week
What is Thursday
200
Name the three parts of land that made up Mesopotamia
What is plateaus, mountains, and plains.
200
The type of area farmers lived on.
What are rural or countryside areas
200
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
What is silt
200
People who perform religious ceremonies
Who are priests
200
My favorite number
What is 15
300
The two rivers that border Mesopotamia
What is the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
300
The political unit of Sumer that consisted of a city and all the countryside around it.
What is a city-state.
300
More than what is needed
What is surplus
300
This allowed people to pursue in activities such as crafts, arts, and writing.
What are food surpluses
300
October 13
What is my birthday
400
The problem farmers had with farming by rivers
What is flooding
400
An Uruk King who became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature.
Who was Gilgamesh
400
The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job.
What is division of labor
400
The Euphrates and Tigris River allowed the people of Mesopotamia to do this
What is trade goods and ideas
400
My favorite subject to teach
What is Social Studies
500
What did Mesopotamians do to solve the flooding problem?
What is build irrigation systems. (a way of supplying water to an area of land)
500
The individual who established the world's first empire. (empire: land with different territories and peoples under a single rule)
Who was Sargon
500
The division of society by rank or class
What is social hierarchy
500
This allowed people to settle in villages.
What is agriculture (farming)
500
The number of nieces and nephews I have
18
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