Vocab
Daily Life
Elements of Civilizations
Geography
Wild
100
Surplus.
More than what is needed.
100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
Name three elements of civilization.
Social class, Writing/Record Keeping, Art and Architecture, Government, Religion/Belief System, Stable Food Supply, Technology and Culture.
100
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
100
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
200
Polytheism
Belief in many gods.
200
We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.
Who are upperclass boys?
200
How does a stable food supply lead to the development of civilization?
When people are not worrying about getting food they have more time to invent.
200
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
300
Mesopotamia
The land between two rivers.
300
A traditional story that tells a belief.
What is a myth?
300
Which early empires ruled the Fertile Crescent?
The Akkadians and the Babylonians
300
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300
After leaving Egypt, the Israelites settled here.
What is Canaan?
400
Irrigation
Supplying land with water from another place using a network of canals
400
Mesopotamian homes were made of?
Reed and mud Brick
400
What is the most important element of civilization? Defend your answer with support.
Teacher approval.
400
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
500
Fertile Crescent
A geographical area of fertile land in the middle east, stretching in a semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates.
500
This was a major event that allowed civilizations to arise in 8000 BCE.
What is agriculture?
500
What element of civ. do you observe? Explain.
Teacher approval.
500
Name all Continents and Oceans.
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica and the 5 oceans, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Southern
500
A time when people starve because there is so little food.
What is famine?