Unit 4: Mesopotamia

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

• city-state

• ziggurat

• scribe

• surplus

This is the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; birthplace. of the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations, the land between the rivers.

• province

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• mudflat

Fine particles of fertile soil is

• mudflat

• irrigation

• silt

• empire

Cuneiform is

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

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

• a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper

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

A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler

• military

• scribe

• ziggurat

• empire

a stretch of muddy land left uncovered at low tide is a

• province

• silt

• desert

• mudflat

A payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender is a

• code

• tribute

• surplus

• scribe

A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• Mesopotamia

• province

• ziggurat

• city-state

Irrigation is

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

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

• a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper

• belief in more than one god

A person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper is a

• scribe

• astronomer

• military

• province