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Mesopotamia 4
Jack of All Trades
100
What is the area in southeast Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates River
Mesopotamia
100
What is the highest ranked leader of a group of people
king
100
What is a belief in many gods and goddesses
polytheism
100
What is a metal that is a mixture of cooper and tin
bronze
100
What did Mesoptamians use for building due to their lack of resources?
mud
200
What is an amount of product in excess of what is needed
Surplus
200
What is a period of little rainfall, in which growing crops becomes difficult
drought
200
What is an ancient region of Southern Mesopotamia
Sumer
200
What are 2 examples of significant inventions with which the Sumerians are credited
plow and wheel
200
Who were the first leaders in Sumer
Priests
300
What is the fine, fertile soil deposited by a river
silt
300
What is a system which supplies water to crops and plants so they won't die
irrigation system
300
What is a community that includes a city and its nearby farmlands
city-state
300
What do historians consider the first civilization
Sumer
300
Who became the later leaders in Sumer when the need for defense grew
Kings
400

This continent is where Mesopotamia was

What is Asia?

400
What is a human society with an advanced level of development in social and political organizations
civilization
400
What is a person who specializes in writing and serves as a record form
scribe
400
What is a picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea in an early system of writing
pictograph
400
What did Mesopotamians trade surplus grain for?
metal, stone and wood
500

These people created the first Mesopotamian cities

Who are the Sumerians?

500
What is the largest and most important building in a Sumerian city, called a temple.
ziggurat
500

What is an ancient writing system developed by Sumerians made up of wedge-sharpened markings.

Cuneiform

500

What allowed Mesopotamia to grow?

Surplus food and a good environment

500
What 3 things did the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers provide
Water, Travel and Fertile Soil