Continents
Vocabulary
City Life
Religion
Laws and Traditions
100

How many continents are there?

7

100
Very, very old.

ancient

100

Mesopotamia is called the "cradle of ______"

civilization

100

Mesopotamians believed in _____ gods

many

100

ideas that are passed on

traditions

200

How many oceans are there?

5

200

food, clothing, and shelter

basic needs

200

Mesopotamia is called the land between ______

2 rivers

200

A Mesopotamian temple

ziggurat

200
The world's first written story was about who?

Gilgamesh

300

The 4 directions on the compass rose

north, south, east, west

300

the study of our past

history

300

What 2 rivers was Mesopotamia between?

Tigris and Euphrates

300

What did Mesopotamians believe about their gods?

They controlled everything

300

The first written laws were created by

Hammurabi

400

The continent the United States is located in. 

North America

400

a Mesopotamian temple

ziggurat

400

Name 3 things the Mesopotamians invented

wheel, sailboat, plow

400

What did the 4 main gods control?

heaven, air, earth, water

400

Laws were made to help the people of Mesopotamia _____.

be good

500

The largest Continent.

Asia

500

the kind of writing the Mesopotamians invented

cuneiform

500

An important city in Mesopotamia

Ur

500

When was the New Year's festival?

March - beginning of spring

500

Sailboats were used by the Mesopotamians to _____.

trade things on the rivers