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WorksheetsAncient Civilizations Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the term for a way of bringing water to crops?
Irrigation
Polytheism
Caravan
Debtor
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A crescent-shaped area of rich farmland
A group of people and animals traveling together
A huge, pyramid-shaped temple
A person trained to write and keep records
What is silt?
Fine, rich soil left behind after a river floods
A belief in many gods and goddesses
A city and the land around it
A person who owes money
What is a ziggurat?
A huge, pyramid-shaped temple
A group of people who work together
A way of bringing water to crops
A person trained to write and keep records
What is cuneiform?
The world’s first system of writing
A group of people and animals traveling together
A belief in many gods and goddesses
A person who owes money
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
One of the first sets of written laws
A huge, pyramid-shaped temple
A crescent-shaped area of rich farmland
A person trained to write and keep records
What is a city-state?
A city and the land around it
A group of people who work together
A way of bringing water to crops
A person who owes money
What is polytheism?
Belief in many gods and goddesses
A way of bringing water to crops
A group of people and animals traveling together
A person trained to write and keep records
Who is a debtor?
A person who owes money
A person trained to write and keep records
A group of people and animals traveling together
A huge, pyramid-shaped temple
What is a scribe?
A person trained to write and keep records
A belief in many gods and goddesses
A city and the land around it
A way of bringing water to crops
Who was responsible for creating one of the earliest written legal codes in Mesopotamia?
Sargon
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Gilgamesh
What was the main purpose of a ziggurat in ancient Mesopotamia?
Military defense
Religious ceremonies and worship
Storing grain
Marketplace trading
Which writing material did Sumerian scribes commonly use for cuneiform?
Animal skins
Papyrus scrolls
Wooden boards
Clay tablets
Who was a scribe in ancient Mesopotamia?
A person trained to write and keep records
A person who owed money
A belief in many gods and goddesses
A huge, pyramid-shaped temple
What is irrigation?
A way of bringing water to crops
A person trained to write and keep records
A group of people and animals traveling together
A city and the land around it
Which river was essential to the development of Mesopotamian civilization?
Nile
Tigris
Amazon
Yangtze
What is polytheism?
A person trained to write
A way of bringing water to crops
A type of soil
A belief in many gods and goddesses
