Mesopotamia Vocabulary

Question 1

Surplus

Answer 1

More than enough food

Question 2

Irrigation

Answer 2

A way of supplying water to an area of land

Question 3

Division of Labor

Answer 3

Type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task

Question 4

Fertile Crecent

Answer 4

A large arch of rich or fertile farmland

Question 5

Silt

Answer 5

A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

Question 6

Canals

Answer 6

Human made waterways

Question 7

Empire

Answer 7

Land with different territories and people under a single rule

Question 8

Social Hierarchy

Answer 8

The division of society by rank or class

Question 9

Urban

Answer 9

City areas

Question 10

Priest

Answer 10

People who preform religious ceremonies

Question 11

City-state

Answer 11

Contains of a city, which is the political center, and the surrounding countryside

Question 12

Polytheism

Answer 12

The practice of worshiping many gods

Question 13

Rural

Answer 13

Countryside

Question 14

Ziggurat

Answer 14

A pyramid shaped tower that rose above each Sumerian city

Question 15

Cuneiform

Answer 15

The Sumerians developed the worlds first system of writing called

Question 16

Epic

Answer 16

Long poem that tell the stories of heros

Question 17

Pictograph

Answer 17

Picture symbols

Question 18

Architecture

Answer 18

The science behind building

Question 19

Scribe

Answer 19

A writer

Question 20

Monarch

Answer 20

A ruler of a kingdom or empire

Question 21

Hammurabi’s Code

Answer 21

A set of 282 laws that felt with almost every part of daily life

Question 22

Chariot

Answer 22

A wheeled horse drawn cart used in battle

Question 23

Alphabet

Answer 23

A set of letters that can be combined to make words