Mesopotamia Lesson 2 Vocab

a group of many different lands under one ruler

• empire

• tribute

• caravan

• province

a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender

• empire

• tribute

• silt

• surplus

a district within a larger country or empire

• caravan

• empire

• province

• silt

a person who studies stars, planets and the moon

• epic

• polytheism

• ziggurat

• astronomer

a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels

• caravan

• tribute

• empire

• cuneiform

An empire is a group of many different ___________ under one ruler.

• caravan

• surplus

• lands

• rivers

A caravan is a group of ______________ traveling together.

• astronomers

• cows

• merchants

• ziggurat

A tribute is a ____________ made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender.

• land

• farm

• pottery

• payment

A province is a district within a larger country or ___________.

• empire

• river

• polytheism

• silt

An astronomer is a person who studies stars, ____________, and the moon.

• water

• land

• farming

• planets