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Geography
Mesopotamia
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Terms
100
The first civilizations arose _____ because the conditions for farming were good.
What is river valleys?
100
The type of floods found in Mesopotamia.
What is unpredictable and threatening?
100
The Egyptian writing system that uses thousands of picture symbols.
What is hieroglyphics?
100
Scientists who study the physical characteristics and cultures of humans and their ancestors.
What is anthropologists?
100
Taming an animal or plant for use by humans
What is domestication?
200
These lines measurement run parallel to the Equator. They measure how far north or south you are.
What is latitude?
200
King of the Akkadians that conquered Mesopotamia and set up the first empire.
What is Sargon?
200
A collection of spells and prayers studied by the Egyptians to obtain the afterlife.
What is Book of the Dead?
200
Person who studies and writes about the human past
What is historians?
200
Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event (journal articles, encyclopedias, history textbooks)
What is secondary source
300
These lines of measurement run from the North Pole to the South Pole. They measure how far east or west you are from the Prime Meridian.
What is longitude?
300
Sumerian temple built to honor the gods.
What is ziggurat?
300
The ancient Egyptian civilization was the first to have specialists in this field.
What is medicine?
300
Scientists who learn about past human life by studying fossils and artifacts.
What is archaeologists?
300
Complex societies that have organized governments, culture, and writing
What is civilization
400
The flower-like feature that is formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea.
What is delta?
400
Babylonian king Hammurabi is best known for.
What is law code?
400
Advancement made during the Neolithic Age.
What is using copper and bronze?
400
Scientists who study the physical structure and processes of the earth and planets of the solar system.
What is geologists?
400
an account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event (treaties, letters, diaries, law, official documents)
What is primary source?
500
The revolutionary change that took place during the Neolithic Age.
What is farming?
500
Location of Mesopotamia is between these two rivers.
What is Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
500
The kind of food eaten during the Paleolithic Age.
What is nuts, berries, and grain?
500
Sumerian writing system.
What is cuneiform?
500
Sumerians that learned to write and held high positions in society.
What is scribe?