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100

Mesopotamia is also known as the land between

2 rivers

100

polytheism means many

gods

100

The Phoenicians were the first to put these on their ships to carry cargo across the water

sails

100

Who is a person who writes things for others

scribe

100
Location
What is the specific place of an object or a place?
200

Name either one of the rivers that cradles Mesopotamia

Tigris

Euphrates

200

cuneiform was the first ancient _________ system

writing

200

This is round, and it made transportation easier

wheel

200

Write the Code of Laws

Hammurabi

200
Hunter
What is the person who kills animals for the tribe to eat?
300

Mesopotamia's first civilization was in

Sumer

300

a huge, pyramid shaped temple was called a

ziggurat

300

an ancient temple

ziggurat
300

Built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

King Nebuchadnezzar

300
specific location
What is shown as an address and gives the exact position?
400

Present day Mesopotamia is the country of

Iraq

400

Cyrus the Great was known for having sympathy for the beliefs and practices of others.  This word is

tolerance

400

This made it easier to cultivate large areas of land

ox-drawn plow

400

Was known as a tolerant King

Cyrus the Great
400
Africa
Where did the first human being originate from?
500
Mesopotamia was built between the two rivers because the land was good for crops.  This area was known as the _____________ ______________

Fertile Crescent

500

fine, fertile soil is called

silt

500

The Sumerians came up with this to effectively water their crops.  We still use it today.

irrigation systems

500

Mesopotamia's first ruler

Sargon the Great

500
modification
What is the way people change their environment to suit themselves?