Ch. 2 Mesopotamia L. 1 The Sumerians Vocabulary

These are more complex cultures that developed during and after the Agricultural Revolution.

• civilizations

• states

• nomads

• countries

The definition of fertile is...

• soft

• unable to grow something

• able to grow something

• like water

This is what small particles of soil are called

• sand

• silt

• dirt

• smelt

Digging canals and letting water flow from them into crops is a process known as...

• watering

• exfolitation

• hydration

• irrigation

To teach wild animals to live with people or to change wild plants for human uses is called...

• hibernation

• domestication

• homing

• wilding

To have a surplus means...

• to not have what you need

• to have an illness

• to have a large home

• to have more than you need

Focusing on one specific thing as a job is called...

• concentration
• diversion
• specialization

• distraction

An independent group of people that act like a country but are smaller than a modern day country is a...

• city-state

• town

• municipality

• province

A belief in more than one god or goddess is...

• goddism

• monotheism

• multitheism

• polytheism

A ziggurat is...

• a Mesopotamian rat

• a temple

• a house

• a castle