City Terms
More than is needed.
What is a surplus?
Hunters and Gatherers
True or False: Priests were NOT part of the upper class
False
A partnership or mutual agreement between two nations
Alliance
What is a fertile crescent?
land that was good for crops to grow shaped like a cresent moon
Why did people settle near the water and on fertile soil?
Excellent land for growing crops
Paying a tax, goods, or services in turn for protection is called?
Tribute
Water / Food source, help grow plants, give to animals
Extreme lack of food causing widespread hunger
Famine
The people of Sumer thought that floods and natural disasters were signs of what?
the gods were angry with them
Mesopotamia is known as the "Cradle of __________"
Civilization
What are the names of the two rivers Mesopotamia is between
Tigris and Euphrates
What types of people would be found in the highest level of Mesopotamian society?
Kings, Priests, Nobles / people with lots of money.
Fine, fertile soil good for farming
silt
The largest building in most Sumerian cities was a huge mud brick temple called?
a ziggurat
What is Mesopotamian writing called?
Cuneiform
What type of people would be found in the lowest class of Mesopotamian society?
slaves / peasants / (farmers sometimes)
What was a NEGATIVE reason for living near the rivers?
The flooding could wipe out good crops / houses / farms
What is polytheism? (Think: religion)
The belief in many gods
What vocab term is a city that has its own population, land, and runs its over government?
A City-State
Mesopotamia is Greek for:
Land Between Two Rivers
The scribes of Sumer marked picture symbols in pieces of what?
Wet clay
Who was the first emperor of Mesopotamia (under the Akkadian Empire?
Sargon
Plants grown for food or profit
Crops