Mesopotamia

Land between two rivers

• Fertile Crescent
• city-state
• empire
• Mesopotamia

a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top, has many terraces

• pyramid
• ziggurat
• Ishtar
• battering ram

writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay

• writing
• monotheism
• cuneiform
• fertile crescent

a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• city-state
• province
• empire
• Mesopotamia

What are the two main rivers that  border Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and Nile
• Tigris and Amazon
• Tigris and Euphrates
• Euphrates and Mississippi

What were the rivers effect on people?

• provided fertile soil
• killed crops
• they were calming 
• were pretty to look at

Who invented the wheel?

• Mr. Sharples
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Hammurabi
• Sumerians

What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?

• India
• Egypt
• China
• Iraq

Skilled workers who made metal, cloth, or pottery products were called

• Priests
• Artasians 
• Scribes
• Heros

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• System of Irrigation
• All of them