geography
technology
life
religion
economy
100
The meaning of Mesopotamia
What is ....land between two rivers
100
This technology was pulled by oxen and made it easier to farm
What is ....the plow
100
An independent state that included a city and its surrounding territory calle a ____ is where people lived.
What is .... city-state
100
People in Mesopotamia who practiced religion believed in more than one ___.
What is ....god
100
City-states had different resources than other city-states, so they became centers of _____, using bartering to get things they needed.
What is ...trade
200
Names of the rivers in Mesopotamia
What is ....Tigris and Euphrates
200
This technology allowed the farmers to "bring water to the crops"
What is ...irrigation
200
People who traded using boats to transport their goods to other places used ___ to make their boats go faster.
What is ....a sail
200
Belief in more than one god is called____
What is ...polytheism
200
Trading was done with an exchange of goods directly, using no money. This was called ___.
What is ....barter
300
The source or place the rivers in Mesopotamia begin
What is ....mountains in the north
300
This technology enabled people to transport things much easier because they didn't have to drag or carry them
What is ....the wheel
300
People in Mesopotamia who were rulers, priests, wealthy merchants, were in the _____ class.
What is ....upper
300
The temples that were built for the gods were called ___.
What is.... ziggurat
300
To transport goods to another city-state, people used ____ on rivers
What is .... boats or barges
400
fertile soil in Mesopotamia come from this
What is ....river flooding
400
This was the name of the writing used to keep records of things
What is ....cuneiform
400
Most priests and some people were literate; they could use the written language called ____.
What is ....cuneiform
400
Unlike our government, the Mesopotamian government was run by kings and ____.
What is ....priests
400
As they had done with agriculture, the Sumerians used new ____ to make widespread trade easier.
What is .....technology
500
The Fertile Crescent stretches from the ____ ___ in the east to the Persian Gulf in the west.
What is ....the Mediterranean Sea
500
The metal bronze, a combination of __ and ___, enabled Sumerians to make stronger tools and weapons
What is ....tin and copper
500
People who didn't farm had time to get very good at doing or making one thing. They were ____ at doing that one thing.
What is ....specialized
500
The one thing that gave priests so much power in Sumerian society that even kings respected was ___
What is ....they were the only ones who could talk to the gods
500
One major technological advance that made it easier to transport goods on land was the invention of the ___
What is ....wheel
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