Mesopotamian Vocabulary

Wedge-shaped writing

• ziggurat
• silt
• irrigation
• cuneiform

largest and most impressive temples

• ziggurat
• silt
• cuneiform
• Mesopotamia

methods for watering crops

• silt

  silt

• sublimation

• cuneiform

• irrigation

area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Ziggurat
• Silt
• Mesopotamia
• Cuneiform

A professional writer

• Sargon
• Nebuchadnezzar
• polytheism
• scribe

the worship of many gods

• monotheism
• polytheism
• multitheism
• tritheism

How did early people in Mesopotamia make farming successful?

• They used motorized harvesters.

• They waited for the rainy season.

• They migrated to the mountains.

• They organized irrigation projects.

Because irrigation made farmers more productive, they produced a surplus. This led to

• division of labor

• an epic

• food price increases

• a drought

What is the name of the area of arc-shaped land that was good for farming?

• Mediterranean Sea
• Fertile Arc
• Fertile Crescent
• Fertile Land Area

This river forms the northeastern border of Mesopotamia

• Euphrates
• Tigris
• Nile
• Mississippi