Geography
Neolithic/Farming
Sumer
Random
People
100
"The Land Between Two Rivers"
What is MESOPOTAMIA?
100
The period when humans shifted from hunting/gathering to farming.
What is the NEOLITHIC AGE?
100
A city and its surrounding villages and farmland.
What is a CITY-STATE?
100
This curved area of land stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the FERTILE CRESCENT?
100
These people could not settle in one place because they had to hunt for food.
Who are HUNTER-GATHERERS?
200
The two rivers of Mesopotamia.
What are the TIGRIS and EUPHRATES?
200
The growing of crops and domestication of animals.
What is AGRICULTURE (FARMING)?
200
This social class included priests, kings, and other government officials.
What is the UPPER CLASS?
200
Humans had to learn to do this before they could settle in villages.
What is FARMING?
200
This term describes people who manage/oversee (the government).
What is an ADMINISTRATOR?
300
The region in Mesopotamia where civilization first developed.
What is SUMER?
300
Extra (food); more than what is needed.
What is SURPLUS?
300
A grand temple with a shrine at the top.
What is a ZIGGURAT?
300
This social class included slaves.
What is the LOWER CLASS?
300
These people were the first administrators of Sumer.
Who are PRIESTS?
400
A broad area of high, flat land.
What is a PLATEAU?
400
Good for growing crops.
What is FERTILE?
400
Sumerians invented this system of writing.
What is CUNEIFORM?
400
Sumerians were able to have jobs besides farming because they produced this.
What is SURPLUS FOOD?
400
These people made things by hand (craftspeople).
Who are ARTISANS?
500
An area of flat, open land (low elevation).
What is a PLAIN?
500
The watering of fields (through canals, dams, etc.) for agriculture.
What is IRRIGATION?
500
This social class included merchants, farmers, and artisans.
What is the MIDDLE CLASS?
500
Sumerians invented writing primarily for this reason.
What is TO KEEP TRACK OF BUSINESS DEALS?
500
These people ruled Sumer after the priests; typically former war heroes.
Who are KINGS?
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