Mesopatamia

What is the definition of a nomad?

• someone who stays still

• someone who moves around from place to place

• someone who is not mad

• someone who stays away from family

Why were people nomads in early history? (what is the best answer)

• looking for money

• looking for women

• looking for food

• looking for food because they tapped all their resources in the area

Food surpluses led to?

• population increased

• population decreased

• population remained the same

• population rose and fell at the same time

People stopped being nomads because of?

• less nomading

• bronze metalwork

• more sleep

• farming

Farming villages began on river valleys because of ?

• there was a better view of a nearby village

• good soil and irrigation

• more dirt

• less dirt

What is a food surplus?

• food?

• too much of one food

• less food

• more than enough food

Around 3,000 B.C some farming villages became complex?

• towns

• carbohydrates

• civilizations

• catastrophes

Sumerians invented things like the ?

• plow

• wheel

• sail

• all the above

Writing in Sumeria is called?

• old english script

• Cunieform

• cursive

• script

Civilizations must have _____________ ______________ that create a class system.

• certain people

• food farms

• specialized workers

• specialized delivery