Mesopotamia Vocabulary

The world’s first system of writing is called ________.

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Alphabetic Script

• Sanskrit

A writer is known as a ________.

• Scribe

• Painter

• Singer

• Dancer

Long poems that tell stories of heroes are called ________.

• Epics

• Lyrics

• Odes

• Sonnets

A pyramid shaped temple tower is called a ________.

• Ziggurat

• Pagoda

• Obelisk

• Stupa

A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life is known as ________.

• Hammurabi’s Code

• The Magna Carta

• The Justinian Code

• The Twelve Tables

Trees and flowers grew on its terraces and roofs; from the ground the gardens looked like they were hanging in the air. This describes the ________.

• Hanging Gardens

• Great Wall of China

• Colosseum

• Pyramids of Giza

A wealthy trading society that was at the Western end of Mesopotamia and developed the first alphabet is called the ________.

• Phoenicians

• Sumerians

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

An area of rich or fertile farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began is called the ________.

• Fertile Crescent

• Sahara Desert

• Rocky Mountains

• Great Plains

A mixture of rich soil and rocks is called ________.

• Silt

• Clay

• Sand

• Peat

A way of supplying water to an area of land is called ________.

• Irrigation

• Deforestation

• Erosion

• Harvesting