Mesoptamia

Question 1

Semiarid:

Answer 1

Having little rainfall and warm temperatures

Question 2

Floodplain:

Answer 2

Flat land bordering a river

Question 3

Fertile Crescent:

Answer 3

An area of rich soil in the Middle East, stretching from the Mediterranean Sea through Mesopotamia to the Persian Gulf

Question 4

City-state:

Answer 4

A political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands

Question 5

Ziggurat:

Answer 5

An ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple that rose in a series of steplike levels

Question 6

Bronze:

Answer 6

A metal that is a mixture of copper and tin

Question 7

Pictograph:

Answer 7

A picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea in an early system of writing

Question 8

Cuneiform:

Answer 8

An ancient writing system developed by the Sumerians, made up of wedge-shaped markings

Question 9

Scribe:

Answer 9

A person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper

Question 10

Polytheism:

Answer 10

A belief in many gods or goddesses

Question 11

Civilization*

Answer 11

A human society with an advanced level of development in social and political organization and in the arts and sciences

Question 12

Silt:

Answer 12

Fine,fertile soil deposited by a river