Mesopotamia Review

Fine, fertile soil carried by rivers and deposited on nearby lands

• fertilzer
• silt
• loess
• mud

The belief in many gods

• monotheism
• polytheism

The belief in only one god

• monotheism
• polytheism

A system of organization in which people or things are divided into levels of importance

• jobs
• social triangle
• hierarchy
• innovation

an artificial supply of water to agricultural land (ex. levees)

• innovation
• irrigation
• battering ram
• wheel

Sumerians used pencils to write with.

• true
• false

Cuneiform used drawings

• true
• false

Sumerians valued trading goods. 

• true
• false

Sumerians knew the best time of year to plant and harvest crops.

• true
• false

Sumerians did NOT have easy access to laws (compared to Babylonians). 

• true
• false