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vocabulary
places
inventions
civilization
take a chance
100
This person kept records pertaining to the government and business transactions
Who is a scribe
100
The continent and country where Mesopotamia would be located now
What is Asia and Iraq
100
Sumerians wrote on these
What is clay tablets
100
People who have no permanent food and follow after the food they are going to eat.
What are nomads
100
The action of taming animals to use as pets or for food
What is domestication
200
The ability to grow something makes it
What is fertile
200
Towering temples that were up to 90 feet tall and located in the middle of the Mesopotamian city-states
What are ziggurats
200
This Sumerian invention helped to advance pottery and transportation
What is the wheel
200
In a civilization, everyone does not need to farm. THey can become artisans, merchants, etc. What is the name of this job specialization?
What is a division of labor
200
The period of time before writing
What is prehistory
300
Bringing canals and water to dry land
What is irrigation
300
Identify the 2 rivers that surround Mesopotamia
What are Tigris and Euphrates
300
Ancient Sumerian writing was called
What is cuneiform
300
Before money was invented, people traded goods and services.
What is barter
300
When a person learns a particular skill or trade very well , they are said to ________ in it
What is specialize
400
An extra supply of something
What is surplus
400
This body of water is at the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is Persian Gulf
400
Hammurabi Code had this many laws?
What is 282
400
Identify 2 things that were made from wheat and barley in the world's first civilization
What is bread, beer, flour
400
This is where the ancient Sumerians would sleep to escape the heat
What is on the roof (platforms)
500
The area of a river that empties into a larger body of water
What is the mouth
500
Independent communities in Mesopotamia with their own ruler and farmland
What are city-states
500
Sumerians invented writing and they used this tool to mark the tablets
What is a stylus
500
As cities grew, the need for public organization and leadership grew. This most likely formed as a result.
What is government
500
This king was responsible for the world's first written laws
Who is Hammurabi