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A way of supplying water to an area of land is known as ____.
What is an irrigation?
100
Which of the following is an example of a God that Sumerians would have believed in. - Air - The Wheel - The Clock - Dirt
What is air?
100
The world's first system of writing is known as _____.
What is cuneiform?
100

Who were the first leaders? 

Who are priests. 

200
A _______ consists of a city and all the country side around it.
What is a city-state?
200

What's the name of the first city?

What is Uruk. 

200
A pyramid shaped temple is known as a ______.
What is ziggurat?
200
A large arc of rich or fertile farmland is known as_______.
What is Fertile Crescent?
300
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers were known to _____, which deystroyed crops and homes.
What is a flood?
300
What made a big impact on the Sumerian civilization?
What is trade?
300
A long poem that tells the stories of hereos is known as____?
What is an epic?
300

The term Mesopotamia refers to which two rivers?

What is the Euphrates and Tigris river.

400

What does Mesopotamia mean?

What is "land between the rivers".

400
What is the worship of many gods?
What is polytheism?
400
A writer is also known as a ____.
What is a scribe?
400
Who performed religious ceremonies?
What is a priests?
500
A ______ allowed humans to persue (or try) new jobs. Hint- There was no longer a need for a lot of farmers!
What is a food surplus?
500

Uruk is modern-day what? 

What is Iraq. 

500

What is the name of the ruler in the Epic we read in chapter 2? 

Who is Gilgamesh. 

500

What was the first civilization called?

What is Sumer.