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100

What major sea is to the west of Mesopotamia?

Mediterranean Sea

100

Why was this area good for farming?

Flooding left rich, fertile soil in the river valleys.

100

What were their buildings made of?

sun-dried bricks

100

What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?

"The Land Between Two Rivers"

100

What is this?


Fast food

200

What unpredictable occurrence makes the area fertile?

flooding

200

Name two jobs people had in ancient Mesopotamia.

merchants, traders, seafarers, farmers 

200

What were their temples called?

Ziggurat

200

What is believed to be the world's first civilization? 

Sumer

200

What is this?


pancakes

300

Name the two rivers that surround Mesopotamia.

Tigris and Euphrates

300

What animals were important livestock to ancient Mesopotamia?

sheep and goats

300
What did a ziggurat look like?

a step pyramid with 3-7 levels


300

What civilization formed to the north of Sumer?

Akkad

300

What is this?


pie

400

What areas provided vegetation suitable for herding animals?

Deserts and mountains

400

What did they build for flood control and farming?

Dikes and Irrigation systems

400

What was the ancient Mesopotamia system of writing called?

Cuneiform


400

What was created when a soldier conquered all of Sumer and Akkad?

He created the first empire.

400

What is this?


Tacos

500

Name one of today's countries in the area of ancient Mesopotamia.


500

In what shape is region of Mesopotamia?

crescent

500

Name one important invention they created. 

Wheel... pottery, carts, chariots

500

What was the largest city-state called?

Ur

500

What is this? 


lasagna