Mesopotamia

Means: Land between two rivers.

• Mesopotamia

• fertile crescent

• ziggurat

• Gilgamesh

In which present day country was Mesopotamia located?

• Iraq

• Egypt

• Afganistan

• Sicily

On what continent was Mesopotamia located?

• Europe

• Africa

• Russia

• Asia

Area of land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers with rich, fertile soil, beneficial to growing crops.

• Fertile Valley

• River Land

• Fertile Crescent

• Hammurabi's Land

Name some important Mesopotamian cities.

• Sumer

• Uruk

• Ur

• All of the Above

Were the people of Mesopotamia monotheistic or polytheistic?

• monotheistic

• polytheistic

The belief in more than one god.

• monotheistic

• polytheistic

An object made by humans and used to study the past.

• scribe

• artifact

• dam

• cuneiform

A scientist who studies human life in the past by examining the things people left behind.

• biologist

• geologist

• archaeologist

• anthropologist

A person who writes and keeps records.

• author

• scribe

• archaeologist

• teacher