Mesopotamia

a traditional story or a legend that explains people's beliefs

• scribe
• polytheism
• myth
• monotheism

someone who writes for a living

• scribe
• myth
• astronomer
• ziggurat

a city with its own government and king; both a city and an independent state

• Fertile Crescent
• city-state
• empire
• Babylon

the belief in many gods

• monotheism
• myth
• polytheism
• caravan

a region in southwest Asia; the site of the first civilization

• diaspora
• empire
• Babylon
• Fertile Crescent

The main cause of wars between the Sumerian city-states was

• fighting over land and water.
• fighting over trade and land.
• fighting over water and gold.
• fighting over gods.

Which of the following people were the first to create writing?

• Phoenicians
• Sumerians
• Syrians
• Assyrians

Why were scribes important people in Sumer?

• They knew all the laws.
• They followed Hammurabi's Code.
• They were not important.
• They kept records for the kings and priests.

Where did the ancient Sumerians worship their gods?

• synogogues
• ziggurats
• temples
• mosques

Which of the following had both a positive and negative affect on the people living in Mesopotamia?

• tornadoes
• earthquakes
• flooding rivers
• drought