Vocabulary
This contains symbols relating to things found on a map.
What is a legend/map key?
Relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age
What is the Paleolithic Age/Era?
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
Lines of _____________measure distance north or south of the equator in degrees.
What are lines of latitude?
After the last Ice Age ended, many nomads moved into areas with a milder climate and fertile land. As a consequence, _____________________ eventually replaced hunting and gathering as the main source of food.
What is farming/agriculture?
I was the world's first official emperor/king.
Who is King Sargon?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
Lines of _______________ measure distances east or west, from North Pole to South Pole.
What are lines of longitude?
"Neo" means....
What is "new"?
A brutal civilization that was very war-like and would often conquer the civilizations around them. They would sometimes "flay" their enemies.
What is Assyria?
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Sumeria's written language wedged onto clay tablets...
What is cuneiform?
To tame animals so they may live near humans; usually used by humans, too.
What is domesticate?
Development of spoken language
What advancement during the Paleolithic Age made communication between people easier?
This was the world's first official empire, according to many historians.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
During Neolithic times, more free time allowed people to begin ____________for the first time. People took up certain jobs according to their talents.
What is specialization/specialize/skilled workers?
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
The 4 characteristics/elements of a civilization...
WARSSCaG
What are surpluses?
A large amount of land, or group of many different lands, under the control of one ruler.
What is an empire?