Ancient Mesopotamia Vocabulary

What is a city-state?

• a city that has its own government and rules its own territory

• a city that's part of a larger state

• Tulare is a city in the state of California

• a city that has no government and no rules

What is irrigation?

• methods of bringing water to dry areas

• methods of bringing people into a country

• methods of using water for electricity

• when your little brother or sister annoys you

What is a surplus?

• having more of something than you need to survive

• having not enough of something you need to survive

• having the right amount of something you need to survive

• having a ton of swag

What is a ziggurat?

• a pyramid-shaped place of worship

• a place where everything costs $0.99

• a rectangular-shaped place of worship

• a spherical-shaped place of worship

What is cuneiform?

• writing that uses wedge-shaped marks

• writing that uses star-shaped marks

• writing that uses square-shaped marks

• writing that uses lots of emojis

What is a scribe?

• a skilled person who records information by writing

• a skilled person who records information with videos

• a skilled person who records information by singing

• a skilled person who makes chicken nuggets

What is an epic?

• a poem that tells a story of a hero

• a poem that tells a romantic story

• a poem that tells a funny story

• a poem that rhymes

What is an empire?

• a large territory ruled by one person

• a large territory ruled by many people

• a large territory ruled by Mr. Nguyen

• the bad guys in Star Wars

What is a polytheist?

• someone who believes in one god

• someone who believes in many gods

• someone who believes in Wifesus

• someone who believes in no gods

What is the region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that means “between rivers?”

• Euphrates

• Arabia

• Mesopotamia

• Crescent