Mesopotamia Vocab Quiz

What is an Artisan?

• A self-governing unit made up of a city and surrounding lands

• A professional writer who records official information

• A person skilled at making things by hand

• A group of different lands and people governed by one ruler

What is the role of Scribes?

• To lead religious rituals

• To manage irrigation systems

• To record official information

• To govern a city-state

What is a City-State?

• A group of people that settles in a new land

• A belief in many gods

• A self-governing unit made up of a city and surrounding lands

• An administrative district of a larger empire

What is Cuneiform?

• A type of irrigation system

• The earliest form of writing invented by the Sumerians

• A formal series of acts always performed the same way

• A tax paid for goods and services rendered in return for protection

What defines an Empire?

• A belief in many gods

• A main crop produced in a specific place

• A group of different lands and people governed by one ruler

• A category of people based on wealth or status in society

What is a Famine?

• A tax paid for goods and services rendered in return for protection

• An agreement between nations to fight each other's enemies

• An extreme lack of crops or food causing widespread hunger

• A group of people that settles in a new land

What is an Alliance?

• A supply of water to fields using human-made systems

• A belief in many gods

• An agreement between nations to fight each other's enemies

• A self-governing unit made up of a city and surrounding lands

What is a Colony?

• A tax paid for goods and services rendered in return for protection

• An administrative district of a larger empire

• A group of people that settles in a new land but keeps its ties to its native country

• A belief in many gods

What is a Province?

• A belief in many gods

• A group of people that settles in a new land

• An administrative district of a larger empire or country

• A self-governing unit made up of a city and surrounding lands

What is a Raw Material?

• A substance from which other things are made

• A main crop produced in a specific place

• A belief in many gods

• A tax paid for goods and services rendered in return for protection