Mesopotamia Vocab
Silt
Fertile soil
What two rivers were important to the world's earliest civilizations?
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Which country is located in the Fertile Crescent?
Iraq
Afterlife
Life after death
Ruler
Someone who governs or commands
Polytheism
The Belief in many gods
Two major inventions of the Mesopotamians were the:
Wheel and plow
BCE stands for:
Before Common Era
Hieroglyphic
A writing system using picture symbols
Mummy
Body that is embalmed
Domestication
To train animals for human use
The definition of a City-state is:
A political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands
Which of the following series of dates are in the correct order from oldest to newest?
2334 BCE, 75 CE, 2000 BCE, 33 CE
4300 BCE, 6000 BCE, 234 CE, 18 CE
1772 CE, 1456 CE, 5600 BCE, 35 BCE
600 BCE, 300 BCE, 15 CE, 1776 CE
600 BCE, 300 BCE, 15 CE, 1776 CE
Pyramid
Large stone building
Tomb
A place for the burial of a corpse
Ziggurat
A temple that was the center of every city/state
The transition of many ancient cultures from a hunting/gathering society to an agriculture/farming society is called:
The Neolithic Age
What is the definition of civilization?
An organized system of beliefs
Pharoah
Title of ancient Egypt Kings
Preserved
Kept intact or in a specific condition
Monotheism
The Belief in many gods
Anthropologists are scientists who primarily study:
Culture
During Neolithic times humans:
Did not have a stable food supply
Scroll
A document that can be rolled up
Dynasty
Period of rule with the same family