Mesopotamia - Lesson 1 Review

A belief in more than one god.

• irrigation

• polytheism

• irrigation

• cuneiform

Fine particles of fertile soil.

• silt

• irrigation

• scribe

• Ziggurat

A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top.

• surplus

• sludge

• Ziggurat

• Monotheism

A person who copies or writes out documents.

• scribe

• silt

• specialize

• epic

A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.

• sludge

• surplus

• Cuneiform

• Irrigation

An amount that is left over after a need has been met.

• surplus

• City-state

• silt

• specialize

A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay.

• Monotheism

• Cuneiform

• sludge

• Ziggurat

A unit that governs itself and its surrounding territory.

• specialize

• Cuneiform

• City-state

• surplus

A long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero.

• silt

• Polytheism

• scribe

• epic

Sumerians made _____ in order to craft stronger tools, weapons, and jewelry.

• bronze

• river valleys

• wheels

• Fertile Crescent