Mesopotamia Vocabulary Quiz

Self-governing city surrounded by its territory.

• Ziggurat

• Empire

• City-state

• Tribute

Group of traveling merchants and animals

• Ziggurat

• Caravan

• Silt

• Tribute

A carved stone pillar used to mark important information or to commemorate historical events.

• Stele

• Cuneiform

• Ziggurat

• Empire

A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler

• Empire

• Monarchy

• Province

• City-state

A person who writes things down, a record keeper

• Scribe

• Cuneiform

• Empire

• Ziggurat

Massive pyramid stepped tower made of mud bricks. It is associated with religious complexes.

• Stele

• Caravan

• Empire

• Ziggurat

A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.

• Cuneiform

• Stele

• Scribe

• Empire

A curved area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates, the cradle of civilization.

• Cuneiform

• Empire

• Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies.

• Ziggurat

• Cuneiform

• Mesopotamia

• Fertile Crescent

A government in which power is in the hands of a single person like a King or Queen

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Empire