WorksheetsMesopotamia Vocab Quiz
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 7mins
TRIBUTARY meaning?
A ceremony performed for the dead
A river that flows into a larger river
A native tribe in Mesopotamia
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PLATEAU meaning?
The frying of vegetables
A country house located in Northern Mesopotamia
A high, flat area of land
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ALLUVIAL PLAIN meaning?
Another name for 'bronze', the Mesopotamians used.
A low, flat land formed from fine soil left behind by streams
Soil and tiny rocks carried or deposited on land by floodwaters
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SILT meaning?
A fine, strong, soft, lustrous fiber
Soil and tiny rocks carried or deposited by floodwaters
A group of traders, who believe in many deities
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CITY-STATE meaning?
A city and the farm lands around it
I DIDN'T STUDY!!!
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Laws and codes enforced in cities
MONARCHY meaning?
A native butterfly to California
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A government ruled by a king or queen
A system of government ruled by selected officials from the public
IRRIGATION meaning?
A plumbing system
The supply of water to land or crops to help growth
Pouring water onto
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POLYTHEISM meaning?
A plane figure with at least three straight angles
The belief in only one god
A belief in many gods
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CARAVAN meaning?
A special type of crop, resembling a carrot
A wagon or vehicle
A permanent army
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Things are going to get harder from now, you excited?
What is a new way of doing things?
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What are writings that include the best way to plant, irrigate land, and care for crops?
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Meaning: The largest and tallest temple in every Sumerian city-state
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What is a writing system based on wedge-shaped symbols?
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Meaning - A person who records things for other
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Meaning - One revered as extremely good or powerful
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Meaning - To take over
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Meaning - Vast lands and varied people under the control of a single government
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Meaning - A permanent army
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Meaning - A required payment from one ruler to a more powerful ruler
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Meaning - The collection of laws that Hammurabi organized for the people of Babylon to follow
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