WorksheetsUnit 3: Ancient Mesopotamia Power Words
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
an area of fertile land in the Middle East, located around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This is where ancient civilizations flourished.
City-states
theocracy
empire
fertile crescent
the basic units of Sumerian civilization; a small area surrounding a large city
empire
ziggurat
city-states
nomad
a government where priests rule in the name of a god or gods.
democracy
theocracy
cuneiform
code of Hammurabi
a temple where Sumerians believed gods and goddesses ruled the city; they served as shrines
empire
patriarchal
nomad
ziggurat
a group of states or city-states under a single authority
empire
fertile crescent
cuneiform
polytheistic
a strict and harsh set of laws in ancient Mesopotamia, created by the Babylonian king Hammurabi
Theocracy
Code of Hammurabi
cuneiform
ziggurat
wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets--writing system of Sumerians
Cuneiform
nomad
theocracy
cave paintings
worshipping multiple gods or deities
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
patriarchal
Code of Hammurabi
a society controlled by men, or a society that favors men; women have very few rights or privileges.
theocracy
nomad
fertile crescent
patriarchal
a wanderer, someone who travels place to place without a permanent residence
city-states
ziggurat
nomad
cuneiform
