Mesopotamia Vocabulary

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve

• Fertile Crescent

• Green C

• Fertile Curve

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

The writing system in ancient Mesopotamia was called?

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphs

• English

• Sargon

What is a man made watering system such as a dam, ditch, or canal called?

• irrigation

• scribe

• ziggurat

• cuneiform

What is a scribe?

• belief in more than one god/goddess

• person who keeps written records

• government where a king rules with absolute power

• various jobs people do within their community

A city that governs itself and surrounding territories is called...?

• City-State

• Country

• United States

• Geography

A pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top is called...?

• Pyramid

• Cave

• Ziggurat

• Cuneiform

Fertile soil that is transported by rivers is called...?

• fertile crescent

• irrigation

• surplus

• silt

The belief in more than one god is called...?

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Atheism

• Naturism

What does the word civillization mean?

• a city

• a waterway built across land for navigation or irrigation

• a culture in an advanced state of development that has cities, arts, religion, government, social classes, writing, etc..

• A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government.