Mesopotamia

Question 1

Fertile Crescent

Answer 1

a large arc of rich farmland extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea

Question 2

silt

Answer 2

a mix of rich soil and small rocks

Question 3

irrigation

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a way of supplying water to an area of land

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canals

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human-made waterways

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surplus

Answer 5

more of something than is needed

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division of labor

Answer 6

an arrangement in which people specialize in specific tasks.

Question 7

rural

Answer 7

having to do with the countryside

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urban

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having to do with the city

Question 9

city-state

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a political unit consisting of a city and the surrounding countryside

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empire

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land with different territories and people under a single rule

Question 11

polytheism

Answer 11

the worship of many gods

Question 12

priests

Answer 12

people who performed religious ceremonies

Question 13

social hierarchy

Answer 13

a division of society by rank or class

Question 14

cuneifrom

Answer 14

the Sumerian system of writing, which used symbols to represent basic parts of words

Question 15

pictographs

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picture symbols that represented objects such as trees or animals

Question 16

scribe

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writer

Question 17

epics

Answer 17

long poems that tell the story of a hero

Question 18

architecture

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the science of building

Question 19

ziggurat

Answer 19

a pyramid-shaped temple tower

Question 20

monarch

Answer 20

a ruler of a kingdom or empire

Question 21

Hammurabi’s Code

Answer 21

the earliest known written collection of laws, comprising of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of life.

Question 22

chariot

Answer 22

a wheeled, horse-drawn battle car

Question 23

Nebuchadnezzar

Answer 23

the Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon

Question 24

alphabet

Answer 24

a set of letters than can be combined to form written words