Unit 4: Ancient Mesopotamia

A city-state is....

• a large territory or group or many territories governed by one ruler.

• a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire.

• a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.

• a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels.

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

• irrigation.

• agriculture.

• caravans.

• polytheism.

A caravan is...

• a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender.

• a group of merchants traveling together for safety.

• a group of nomads who travel from place to place looking for food.

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

Polytheism is...

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

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

• the belief in one main god or goddess.

• a belief in more than one god or goddess.

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

• Ziggurat.

• Tribute.

• Shrine.

• Temple.

Cuneiform is...

• a belief in more than one god.

• a type of tool used in systematic agriculture.

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

• a system that supplies dry land with later through ditches, pipes, or streams.

A territory governed as a political district of a country or empire is a(n)...

• Empire.

• Province.

• City-state.

• Epic.

A tribute is...

• a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire.

• a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler.

• a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.

• a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender.

A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler is a(n)....

• city-state.

• ziggurat.

• empire.

• Province.

A person who copies or writes out documents is a(n)...

• merchant.

• artisan.

• nomad.

• scribe.