Mesopotamia Vocabulary

Large arc of rich and fertile farmland; location of first civilization

• Empire

• Cuneiform

• Fertile Crescent

• Ziggurat

A pyramid-shaped temple - used for religious ceremonies

• Surplus

• Division of Labor

• Polytheism

• Ziggurat

Producing more goods or crops than was needed

• Used for trade or storage

• Cuneiform

• Surplus

• Fertile Crescent

• Silt

The world’s first system of writing

Used for keeping records on clay tablets

• Division of Labor

• Silt

• Cuneiform

• Polytheism

The belief in many gods - different gods for different aspects of life.

• Irrigation

• Polytheism

• Cuneiform

• Ziggurat

A system that separates people into classes based on the job of their family - lower, middle and higher classes.

• City-state

• Division of Labor

• Social Hierachy

• Fertile Crescent

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve

• Fertile Crescent

• Green C

• Fertile Curve

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

The writing system in ancient Mesopotamia was called?

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphs

• English

• Sargon

What is a scribe?

• belief in more than one god/goddess

• person who keeps written records

• government where a king rules with absolute power

• various jobs people do within their community