Chapter 3 Section 1

Question 1

a region with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from the Mediterranean coast east through Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) to the Persian Gulf

Answer 1

Fertile Crescent

Question 2

wide, flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Irak

Answer 2

Mesopotamia

Question 3

to supply water to

Answer 3

Irrigate

Question 4

independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory

Answer 4

City-state

Question 5

trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money

Answer 5

Barter

Question 6

worship of many gods or deities

Answer 6

Polytheism

Question 7

brick, pyramid–shaped Mesopotamian temple

Answer 7

Ziggurat

Question 8

Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things

Answer 8

Cuneiform

Question 9

material that the Sumerians used to help make better tools and weapons

Answer 9

Bronze

Question 10

pictures that represented objects

Answer 10

Pictographs

Question 11

set of rules about marriage, slavery, and causing harm to others

Answer 11

Ur- Law Code

Question 12

fine fertile soil

Answer 12

Silt