Mesopotamia Vocabulary

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Which word means to supply water to land by man-made means?

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Irrigate

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What is a surplus?

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When you have too much of something

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Which word means to work to raise crops and farm animals? Irrigation, Surplus, Agriculture, Domestication

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Agriculture

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A ________________________ is a self-governing state made up by a city and its surrounding territory.

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City-state

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Geographic area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

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Mesopotamia

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A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks.

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Levee

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Mesopotamia means

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the land between two rivers

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The sand, soil, and mud carried by rivers

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Silt

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civilization

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A complex society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes

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city-state

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a self-governing state that consists of a city and its surrounding area