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Another word for city is called: urban or suburban
What is urban
100
River branches are called : channels or tributaries
What are tributaries
100
How do we know about the early farming in Mesopotamia: from clay tablets, or cave drawings
What are clay tablets
100
what is the largest building in most Sumerian cities that was a huge mud-like temple: pyramid or ziggurat
What is a ziggurat
100
what is an extra supply to feed people: Thanksgiving or surplus
What is a surplus
200
The northern part of Mesopotamia is a high, flat area called a mesa or plateau
What is a plateau
200
What do you call a rich mixture of bits of rocks and soil which makes the land more suitable for growing crops : fertilizer or silt
What is silt
200
what is a centralized society with developed forms of religion, ways of governing , and learning: government or civilization
What is civilization
200
The sumerians believed in how many gods : one or many
What is many gods
200
who are the people who buy and sell goods: salesmen or merchants
What is merchants
300
The southern part of Mesopotamia is a low , flat land called : delta or alluvial plain
What is an alluvial plain
300
What do you call long times with little or no rain : floods or droughts
What are droughts
300
What are the skills and knowledge to make products or meet goals: technology or manufacturing
What is technology
300
The religious beliefs of the Sumerian people showed the importance of what in their lives: clothes or Agriculture
What is Agriculture
300
who is a person who wrote things for others: scribe or scribbler
What is a scribe
400
The land between the two rivers is called: The Fertile Crescent or the fertile moon
What is the fertile crescent
400
What is the use of connected ditches , canals,dams, and dikes to move water to dry areas: irrigation or irritation
What is irrigation
400
The technology of Sumer was greatly advanced by the use of : the automobile or the wheel
What is the wheel
400
What do you call an organized system that groups use to make laws and decisions : schools or government
What is government
400
who was the first ruler (emperor) of Mesopotamia: Sargon or Calgon
Who is Sargon
500
The two rivers in Mesopotamia are called: The Shrewsbury and Navesink or Tigris and Euphrates
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates
500
What water was used to water the crops : the Tigris and Euphrates river or hoses
What is the Tigris and Euphrates River
500
Wheeled carts were used for what two things.: Moving construction material/traveling or cart races/cartwheels
What is moving construction materials and traveling
500
what do you call a city and the farmlands around it : city states, capitals
What are city states
500
Who was the famous lawgiver and maker of rules in Mesopotamia: Hannah Montana or Hammurabi
Who is Hammurabi