Civilizations

The Mesopotamians had gods and goddesses for everything. Some examples are:

• insects, animals, birds

• sun, moon, day and night, rains, rivers, food and pottery

• humans especially new born babies

• different tools like stone weapons and clay items

Why did the early men travel from place to place in search of food?

• because they did not know how to grow their own food

• because food was available in far away places

• because people lived far away from food sources

• because people ate only specific things that were not easily found

The Mesopotamians built temples called ______________

• mandir

• devalaya

• ziggurats

• si

The Mesopotamian cities were ruled by _______________

• priest-kings

• kings

• princes

• noblemen

The early humans covered themselves with

• fruits and berries

• skins of animals and leaves

• paper

• cotton

In a famous Mesopotamian carving, the sun god, ________, was chasing a monster with his thunderbolts.

• Poseidon

• Hera

• Zeus

• Murduk

The Mesopotamians had their own system of measuring time. They measured time in ______

• movements of the moon

• hours

• movements of the sun

• ocean tides

The system of using canals to carry water from the river to the fields is called ____________

• agriculture

• grazing

• irrigation

• hunting

The early humans became skilled at using different metals like ______ and _______

• iron and zinc

• aluminium and lead

• gold and copper

• tin and nickel

What are the features of a civilization?

(you can select more than one answer)

• cities and towns

• trade

• education system

• government