Vocabulary
Having more of something than you need
What is surplus?
The continent where Mesopotamia is located
What is Asia?
"The land between rivers"
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Before there were farmers, there were people who wandered from place to place for food
Who are nomads?
This civilization invented the wheel
Who were the Sumerians?
To figure out, or understand, something
What is decipher?
Two deserts located to the south of Mesopotamia
What are the Arabian and Sahara Desert?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates River?
Domestication, farming, and agriculture were results of this ancient event
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
This civilization invented cuneiform
Who were the Sumerians?
A landform that helps protect people by making travel difficult
What is natural barrier?
The three mountain ranges that surround Mesopotamia
What are the Caucasus, Zagros, and Taurus Mountains?
Moving water from one place to another
What is irrigation?
The oldest and smallest civilization where farming started?
What is Sumer?
A pyramidal stepped tower used to worship the gods and goddesses
What is a ziggurat?
Something that is passed down from one civilization to benefit another
What is legacy?
The Tigris and the Euphrates River empty into this body of water
What is the Persian Gulf?
The benefits of living near the water
What is drinking, food, and transportation?
To prepare and use land for crops
What is cultivate?
Made out of minerals such as Obsidian
What are sharp tools? (knives, spearheads, axes)
The forms and features found on the surface of an area
What is topography?
The body of water that is west of Mesopotamia
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The reason why the Mesopotamians need to control water
What is flooding and irrigation?
A reason why Mesopotamia is often called the Fertile Crescent
What is fertile soil for growing crops?
Tool used to create cuneiform
What is a stylus?