Mesopotamia Vocabulary

A place where people worshipped their god in Mesopotamia is called ____.

• a church

• a ziggurat

• a pyramid

A system of watering crops through canals and ditches is called ___.

• irrigation

• farming

• agriculture

The main rivers in Mesopotamia were the _______.

• Nile & Amazon

• Tigris & Euphrates

• Hudson & Mohawk

Polytheistic means belief in _____.

• one god

• more than one god

An artisan is a person is skilled at making things by hand.

• True

• False

Cuneiform was a system of writing in Mesopotamia.

• True

• False

A large number of states under one ruler is called ___.

• a ziggurat

• a chariot

• an empire

A civilization is an organized society that has government, culture, science, and agriculture.

• True

• False

Hammurabi was known for his ____.

• pottery making

• Hanging Gardens

• laws

In Mesopotamia, only scribes were able to write in Cuneiform.

• True

• False