Early Years
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
100

What was built along the two rivers? Why?

Farming because they needed land for it.

100

What is silt?

The particles or fertile soil.

100

What is parallel?

Move of lying in the same direction and the same distance apart.

200

Identify the two rivers located in this region.

Tigris and Euphrates.

200

What does Mesopotamia mean?

The land between the rivers.

200

What is Consist?

To be made up of.

300

Discribe how the flooding of the rivers was problematic for the Mesopotamian farmers.

It washed away homes, livestock, and crops.

300

What is Irrigation?

A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.

300

What is a ziggurat?

A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top.

400
What is Surplus?

An amount that is left over after a need has been met.

400

What is a city-state?

A city that governs itself and it's surronding territory.

500

How did improved technology benefit the early civilization?

Using improved technology, they made more and better goods.

500

What is polytheism?

A belief in more than one god.

500

What is a scribe?

A place of worship. A large temple.

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