CH. 3.1 Vocabulary
Geography of Mesopotamia
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CH. 3.2 Vocabulary
Traits of a Civilization
100
The flat land bordering a river.
What is a floodplain
100
These are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
100
The Mesopotamians lacked these.
What are natural resources
100
An advanced form of culture.
What is a civilization
100
Societies advance as people learn better ways to do things.
What is advanced technology
200
The fine soil deposited by flood waters.
What is silt
200
Mesopotamia means this.
What is the land between the rivers
200
The Mesopotamians made their houses from this material.
What is mud
200
An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer
200
These were a result of having a surplus.
What are specialized workers
300
Having little rainfall and warm temperatures.
What is semiarid
300
This is how much rain fell in Mesopotamia in a year.
What is less than 10 inches
300
This is how they got the materials that they did not have.
What is trade
300
A belief in many gods or goddesses.
What is polytheism
300
The ziggurat was an example of this.
What is a complex institution
400
Period of little rainfall.
What is a drought
400
This is how they got water to their crops.
What are irrigation canals
400
Mesopotamia was easy to invade because they lacked these.
What is natural barriers
400
Beyond others in development.
What is advanced
400
When a society keeps track of things.
What is record keeping
500
A blue stone.
What is lapis
500
These are the two things that Mesopotamians depended on each year.
What is the yearly flood and the silt from the mountains
500
Mesopotamians had a surplus of this. It allowed them to trade.
What is grain
500
He ruled the city-state of Lagash.
Who was King Gudea
500
A city offering many different kinds of work is an example of this.
What is an advanced city
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