Unit 2: Ancient Mesopotamia (c. 3500-1700 BCE) Key Vocabulary

Camila and Dayzee are working on a science project. They discover a yellowish-brown metal that is a mixture of copper and tin. Can you help them fill in the blank: _______ is a yellowish-brown metal which is a mixture of copper and tin.

• bronze

• brass

• steel

• aluminum

Brayan and Emalee are exploring the wild! To help them create a friendly garden, they need to _______ some wild animals and plants. What word means to tame in order to keep or grow, as with a wild animal or a wild plant?

• domesticate

• eradicate

• migrate

• hibernate

Lyric and Izzy are planting a garden together. Fill in the blank: The soil in their garden is so _______ that it can support the healthy growth of many things, especially plants.

• fertile

• fragile

• arid

• barren

Cartious, Lyla, and Sophie are on a geography adventure! They discover a lush, fertile land in the Middle East that stretches in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates. Fill in the blank: The _______ is the name of this amazing geographical area.

• Fertile Crescent

• Sahara Desert

• Gobi Desert

• Great Plains

Dayzee and Anthony are helping their friend Emalee grow vegetables on her farm. They need a man-made system to move water from the river to Emalee's crops. Fill in the blank: _______ is a man-made system for moving water from its source to where it can be used for growing crops.

• irrigation

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

Dayzee and Anthony are curious about the science behind shiny coins and strong bridges. Can you help them fill in the blank? _______ is the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification.

• metallurgy

• botany

• zoology

• astronomy

Jackson and Camila are exploring a riverbank and notice some fine sand or soil being carried by the running water and deposited on the land. Fill in the blank: This material is called _______.

• silt

• clay

• gravel

• pebble

Dayzee and Anthony are exploring ancient civilizations! They discover a self-governing region (called a state), made up of a city and its surrounding territory. Fill in the blank: A _______ is what they found.

• city-state

• province

• empire

• colony

Camila and Anthony are exploring ancient civilizations in their history class. They discover a mysterious tablet covered in wedge-shaped symbols. Fill in the blank: _______ is the system of writing developed in Mesopotamia using these wedge-shaped characters.

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• alphabet

• kanji

Leighton and Jocelin are playing a history quiz! Fill in the blank: An _______ is an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority.

• empire

• village

• continent

• republic