Mystery of the Egyptian Scroll
Mesopotamia
Old Vocabulary
Unit 4 Vocabulary
Unit 4 Vocabulary
50

What is the name of the main character?

Zet.

50

Most of Mesopotamians wore cloths made out of sheepskin or _______.

wool

50

To change shape, or form.   To make something not accurate. 

To distort

50

A person who makes money by selling and buying goods.

merchant

50

This is when a lot of life can grow whether its animals or plants.

fertile

100

What is the main character's job?

Selling pottery in the market.

100

The oldest _______ was discovered in Mesopotamia.

wheel

100

This is the study of the past from what humans have left behind.

archaeology 

100

A academic word for a god or goddess.

deity

100

This means "the land between rivers"

Mesopotamia

150

What is the copper for of money called?

Deben

150

What was the Mesopotamian type of writing called?

Cuneiform.

150

To tell the reader or someone where you got your information from. 

to cite / citation 

150

Anything that is written down: any language, any alphabet.

script

150

A job that needs special education and skills.

profession

250

What was the Fat Man's job in the Temple??

High Priest.

250

Mesopotamia is located in a very dry area.  How did they get water to their crops then?

By using irrigation.

250

To give hope or to motivate someone else. 



to  inspire

250

To bring water to a dry place in order to grow crops.

to irrigate.

250

This is fine soil that is found at the bottom of rivers and lakes.

silt

500

How do they describe how the thin man looks?

Like a boiled chicken. 

500

The name of an Mesopotamian temple is called a z......?

a ziggurat.

500

To make wild animals useful to humans through training and breeding. 

to domesticate

500

Written works (such as poems, plays, and novels) that are considered to be very good and to have lasting importance.

a. novel

b. cuneiform 

c. literature

d. architecture

c. literature 

500

A groups of states or kingdoms that are ruled by one leader.

an empire

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