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Mesopotamia
scribes
Religion
Current Events
100
professional writer
scribe
100
Body of water on Mesopotamia's southern border
Persian Gulf
100
youngest age of scribe for scribe school
8
100
Sumerian name for temple
ziggurat
100
How many questions were on the MCAS test?
51
200
fertile area in Southwest Asia;sight of the first civilizations
Fertile Crescent
200
River that borders western Mesopotamia
Euphrates River
200
A scribe's tablet is made from......
clay
200
how did the gods get into a ziggurat?
stairs
200
What is "March Madness?"
College basketball tournament
300
city with its own traditions, government, and laws
city-state
300
River that borders eastern Mesopotamia
Tigris River
300
length of scribe school
10 yrs
300
Who "lived " in the ziggurats?
the gods
300
What grades are going to be at MMS next year? (2013-2014)
6th and 7th
400
belief in many gods
polytheism
400
Southern part of Mesopotamia, , bordered by Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf. Made up of many city- states.
Sumer
400
oldest written language
cuneiform
400
"poly" means
many
400
What is the #1 song?
Harlem Shake
500
daily double
belief in one god= monotheism
500
Name the desert that surrounds Mesopotamia
Syrian Desert
500
name given to headmaster
"Big Man"
500
"theism" means
belief in a god or gods
500
#1 movie
The crood