WorksheetsMesopotamia - Remote Learning Thursday
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Because Sumerians became so good at farming, they were able to focus on other jobs. What was the job of a professional writer called?
merchant
irrigation
scribe
farmer
Place for the gods in Mesopotamia; the temple
fertile land
polytheism
irrigation
ziggurat
The people of Mesopotamia believed that the gods controlled their lives and they wanted to always keep them happy. What is the belief in many gods called?
polytheism
monotheism
atheism
agnostic
Cuneiform was
exchange of goods without using money
1st writing with a pencil
the 1st writing system with a stylus on clay tablets
a way to bring water to dry land
Independent state with government and traditions
fertile
country
state
city-state
Mesopotamia is Greek and means
land of kings
the land between rivers
land of terrible soil
land of war
The rivers in Mesopotamia would flood which brought fertile soil called silt. What were the 2 rivers of Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Yellow and Tigris
Euphrates and Indus
Mississippi and Missouri
When the rivers flooded they brought rich, fertile soil that was great for farming. What is the fertile soil called?
clay soil
silt
candy soil
loam
The taming of wild animals is called
wild style
domestication
freeing
slavery
What type of Sumerian invention helped them to plant crops?
spade
hay
tractor
plow
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is also known as
architecture
irrigation
barter
agriculture
