Meso / Sumer

What does "Mesopotamia" mean?

• Lots of water

• Up the river

• Next to water

• Between rivers

What did ancient civilizations use the rivers for? (3 answers)

• water crops

• drinking

• scuba diving

• transportation

What is the area of land called around the tigris & euphrates rivers?

• Africa

• fertile crescent

• mesopotamus

• plantus lotsofus

What is irrigation?

• walls, waterways, and ditches to bring water to crops

• a sea west of Mesopotamia

• a city along the Euphrates River

• camel racing

Which 2 rivers surrounded Mesopotamia? (pick 2)

• Amazon

• Tigris

• Nile

• Euphrates

What is "Cuniform"?

• Type of farming

• Ancient writing on stone tablets

• The main river in Mesopotamia

• Stepped Pyramids

What were "Ziggurats"?

• Stepped Pyramids

• Ancient writings on stone tablets

• The main river in Mesopotamia

• Type of farming

What are 3 characteristics of a civilization? (pick 3)

• they have holidays

• people living together

• there's a government

• there's a form of writing

what is "specialization"?

• getting gold stickers for doing well

• focusing on type one job

• getting a good job

• being super awesome

What is a "scribe"?

• gatherer

• hunter

• politician

• record keepers (writer)