Geography
What is the name of the river that borders Mesopotamia to the north?
Tigris River
What does it mean when you only believe in one god?
Monotheism
What is the name of the soil that was a mix of sand and clay?
Silt
What is the name of the gulf that is southeast of Mesopotamia?
Persian Gulf
What is the name of the structure that was built to honor the Gods?
Ziggurat
What is the word that means the soil is rich and good to farm in?
Fertile
What continent was Mesopotamia part of?
Asia
Who did the Mesopotamians give the crops to before they were distributed?
Priests presented them to the Gods to be blessed.
What is a settlement that controlled by a strong ruler?
City-state
What is the name of the three mountain ranges in Mesopotamia?
Taurus, Zagros and Elburz Moutains
Who did the Mesopotamians believe all the land and everything on it belonged to?
The Gods
Name 3 physical feature of Mesopotamia.
Mountains, Rivers and deserts
What are at least 3 ways Mesopotamia was referred to?
Land between the Rivers
Cradle of Civilization
Fertile Crescent
What were Ziggurats used for?
Gods
Meetings and Religious Ceremonies
Schools to teach a Scribe to write
What are 3 ways that farmers were able to control the flooding?
Dams, levess, dikes, ditches and canals