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WorksheetsMesopotamia Terms 2020
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Fertile Crescent
An area that is located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
An area that stretches across Europe that is home to the earliest human tribes
An area of rich, fertile farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
An area that is home to many animals, containing many different land forms such as lakes and forests.
Mesopotamia
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Desert in the Middle East that is inhospitable
Rich fertile farmland stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
Land near the Mediterranean Sea that is rocky so people had to rely on sea trade
Empire
Land that stretches over 5,000 acres
Territories that are controlled by a single ruling family and the power is passed down from generation to generation
area that controlled by one government for over 100 consecutive years
area of many territories and people controlled by one government
Tigris River / Euphrates River
Rivers that flowed though the Fertile Crescent.
Rivers that flowed form Africa to Asia
The two longest rivers in the world
The two rivers that were used by the Ancient Egyptians for travel
Irrigation
System of pulleys and levers that would transport water across Mesopotamia
Network of canals that supplied water to areas that needed it
Areas that would hold the excess flood waters to protect fields from getting too much water
Water mixed with silt that was great for farming
Silt
Crushed rocks that is found on the bottom of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Seeds of grain that farmers in Mesopotamia would use as fertilizer
Finely ground fertile soil that is good for growing crop
Clay used for bricks to build Ziggurats
Surplus
Having more than what is needed. Extra
Traded items from outside areas
The term used for the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Good dirt used for farming
Cuneiform
System of writing using symbols to represent sounds
Large buildings of worship often found in the middle of Sumerian city-states
Math system of Sumer that used 60 as its base
The world's first system of writing using pictographs
Ziggurats
Structures built in Sumer to house surplus food
Structures that were built by the Sumerians to act as a ladder for the gods
Open air markets used to trade goods from across Mesopotamia
System of canals that would drain waste water away from the middle of Sumerian city-states.
Alphabet
A system of writing that has no specific language
The world's first writing system
Pictures that are used to represent words
A set of letters that can be combined to form words
