Mesopotamia Summative Study Guide

When the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flooded, it would leave behind a rich soil called

Using canals to water crops is called

• Venice, Italy

• gardening

• irrigation

• farming

An astronomer is someone who

• farms.

• leads a country.

• writes down important dates and events.

• studies the stars, planets, and moon.

A caravan is a

• group of traveling merchants.

• a minivan.

• a rock group.

• long poem.

Independent cities that are not part of a larger nation are called

Polytheism is...

• a multi-sided shape

• the belief in one god

• the belief in many gods

• a medical condition.

A large temple where Sumerians worshipped their gods is called a...

• ziggurat

• cuneiform

• pyramid

• hotel

Sumerians created a way of writing called

• scribes

• emojis

• cursive

• cuneiform

People who learned to read and write, and wrote down important events.

• priests

• warriors

• kings

• scribes

The ___________ of Gilgamesh was a long poem about a hero.