Chapter 3

Question 1

a large arc of rich or fertile farmland

Answer 1

Fertile Crescent

Question 2

a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

Answer 2

silt

Question 3

irrigation pond

Answer 3

basin

Question 4

How did the Mesopotamians hold back river water

Answer 4

they built up the banks

Question 5

A way of supplying water to an area of land

Answer 5

irrigation

Question 6

Creating more than needed for consumption. An extra supply.

Answer 6

Surplus

Question 7

Human made waterways extended from a man built basin

Answer 7

Canal

Question 8

A type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job

Answer 8

Division of Labor

Question 9

Rural

Answer 9

country side areas

Question 10

Urban

Answer 10

city areas

Question 11

Legendary figure in Sumerian literature

Answer 11

Gilgamesh

Question 12

The first emperor of the world

Answer 12

Sargon

Question 13

land with different territories and people under a single ruler

Answer 13

Empire

Question 14

the worship and believe in many gods

Answer 14

Polytheism

Question 15

2nd in Power in the Social Order of the Sumerian culture who performed religious ceremonies

Answer 15

2nd in power in the Social Order of Sumer and who performed religious ceremonies

Question 16

The division of society by rank or class

Answer 16

social hiearchy

Question 17

The Civilized Frog Watched the Cat

Answer 17

Food Supply, Religion, Social Structure, Government, Written Language, Technology, Culture