Mesopotamia

Question 1

What are the 4 main social classes

Answer 1

On top are priests, then there are trader and merchants, then farmers, then slaves

Question 2

Canals

Answer 2

Human made waterways

Question 3

Scribe

Answer 3

A writer

Question 4

Pictographs

Answer 4

Picture symbol

Question 5

Surplus

Answer 5

More of something than is needed

Question 6

Rural

Answer 6

Referring to a countryside area

Question 7

Urban

Answer 7

Referring to a city area

Question 8

Social Hierarchy

Answer 8

A division of society by rank or class

Question 9

Fertile Crescent

Answer 9

A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland that extends from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea

Question 10

Cuneiform

Answer 10

The world’s first writing system; developed in Sumer

Question 11

Division of Labor

Answer 11

An arrangement in which each worker specializes in a specific job or task

Question 12

Civilization

Answer 12

An organized society that functions with established geographic boundaries

Question 13

Priests

Answer 13

A person who performs religious ceremonies

Question 14

Epic

Answer 14

Long poem that tells the story of a hero

Question 15

Polytheism

Answer 15

THe worship of many gods

Question 16

Silt

Answer 16

A mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming

Question 17

Irrigation

Answer 17

A way of supplying water to an area of land

Question 18

Empire

Answer 18

Land with different territories and people under a single rule