Mesopotamia Vocab Check

What is a city that has its own government and rules for its land called?

• Empire

• City-State

• Province

• Ziggurat

What is the method of bringing water to areas of dry land through the use of channels, pipes, and streams?

• Surplus

• Cuneiform

• Irrigation

• Epic

What term describes having more of something than you need to survive?

• Surplus

• Empire

• Ziggurat

• Scribe

What is a pyramid-shaped place of worship called?

• Cuneiform

• Ziggurat

• Province

• Epic

What is the system of writing that uses wedge-shaped marks etched into clay?

• Scribe

• Epic

• Cuneiform

• City-State

Who is someone that can read and write and could copy manuscripts?

• Scribe

• Empire

• Ziggurat

• Surplus

What is a poem that is story length and also has a hero?

• Cuneiform

• Epic

• Province

• Irrigation

What is a large territory governed by a ruler called?

• City-State

• Empire

• Surplus

• Ziggurat

What is a smaller territory inside an empire called?

• Province

• City-State

• Epic

• Scribe

Which term refers to a city with its own government?

• Province

• City-State

• Empire

• Ziggurat