Farming & Writing
Cities & Leaders
Vocabulary
TEP
100

This was what people in ancient Mesopotamia would write on (they didn't use paper and a pencil!).

What is a clay tablet?

100

This is the name of the first leader of ancient Mesopotamia.

Who is King Hammurabi?

100

This is when you give something to someone, and they give you something in exchange.

What is a trade?

100

These are the names of Miss Holcomb's dogs.

Who are Bama and Hazel?

200

These are what ancient Mesopotamians believed in (hint: not just one!).

What are gods and goddesses?

200

This is a tall, pyramid-shaped building that honored gods and goddesses.

What is a ziggurat?

200

This is a large group of people traveling together on animals or in vehicles.

What is a caravan?

200

This is our principal.

Who is Mr. Ash?

300

This is what the writing system in ancient Mesopotamia was called.

What is cuneiform?

300

This is what they called the laws in ancient Mesopotamia.

What is the Code of Hammurabi?

300

This is a set of beliefs about how the world started, why things happen in it, and how people should live in it.

What is religion?

300

This is what the C stands for in CUB values.

What is Cura?

400

These were built so people could get water even if they lived farther away from the river.

What are canals?

400

This is the name of the city in ancient Mesopotamia.

What is Babylon?

400

These are pictures or shapes used to stand for something else.

What are symbols?
400

This is the highest grade at TEP.

What is 8th grade?

500

These are the names of the rivers in ancient Mesopotamia.

What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?

500

This is the name of the god that the ziggurat Amur and Warad visited honored.

Who is Marduk?

500

These are people whose job is to write things down.

Who are scribes?

500

These are the teachers in Astoria.

Who are Mr. Sak and Mrs. Subah?