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Geography of Mesopotamia
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The region between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers is called ___________.
What is Mesopotamia
100
Having litte rainfall and warm temperatures. This type of climate is called ____________.
What is semiarid
100
_________ was an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer
100
A sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets is called ___________.
What is stylus
100
A belief in many gods and goddesses is called _____________.
What is polytheism
200
A ____________ is the leader of a group of people.
What is king
200
______________ is an amount of good more than needed.
What is surplus
200
_____________ was a political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands.
What is city-state
200
Who was at the top of the upper class in Sumer?
What is king and priests
200
A ________________ is the flat land bordering a river.
What is floodplain
300
A _____________ is a period when not enough rain and snow fall.
What is drought
300
How did Mesopotamian famers obtain the right amount of water for their crops?
What is they dug canals and ditches and built dams and gates to irrigate their crops.
300
What was at the top of the ziggurat?
What is the shrine
300
What tools did the Sumerians invent?
What is wheel, potter's wheel, and plow.
300
A _____________ is a person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper.
What is scribe
400
_________ is a metal made of copper and tin.
What is bronze
400
Because of the lack of resources, what did Mesopotamians use to build houses?
What is mud
400
What did people in Sumer think their gods were like?
What is rich landowners
400
How did writing evolve in Sumer?
What is writing began with pictographs.
400
A picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea is called a _____________.
What is pictograph
500
An ancient Sumerian or Babylonia temple that rose in a series of steplike levels is called ___________.
What is ziggurat
500
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers provided Ancient Mesopotamians with
What is water and a means of travel
500
What were five traits of civilization?
What is advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, advanced technology.
500
Why was the plow such an important tool for farmers in Sumer?
What is it made farming easier.
500
_______________ is a type of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings.
What is cuneiform