Mesopotamia

complex societies that have organized governments, culture, and writing

• Scribe
• Irrigation
• Artisan
• Civilization

a method that brings water to crops

• Scribe
• City-State
• Irrigation
• Civilization

has its own government but is not part of any larger unit

• Civilization
• City-State
• Scribe
• Artisan

a skilled worker

• Artisan
• Scribe
• City-State
• Irrigation

Ancient Sumerians invented irrigation systems and plows. What did these two inventions help provide?

• a system of government
• a steady supply of food
• an honor for the gods
• a partner with whom to trade

Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group

• middle class
• lower class
• upper class
• business class

The first civilization arose _______ because the conditiions for farminig were good

• near the sea
• in river valleys
• in the mountains
• in the desert

What were the two rivers that allowed settlement in Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and Euphrates
• Nile and Euprtes
• Tigris and Indus
• Tigris and Nile

_________ helped ideas spread around the world

• Heroes
• Trade
• Farming
• Epics

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cyrillian
• Sargon
• heiroglyphics
• cuneiform