Mesopotamia Vocabulary

Question 1

Fertile Crescent

Answer 1

A large region of rich farmland near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea

Question 2

Silt

Answer 2

A mixture of small rocks and soil

Question 3

Civilization

Answer 3

The society, culture, and way of life in a particular region

Question 4

Irrigation

Answer 4

The method of supplying water to an area of land or crops

Question 5

Canals

Answer 5

Waterways made by humans

Question 6

Surplus

Answer 6

More than what is needed

Question 7

Division of Labor

Answer 7

An arrangement in which workers specialize in a particular task

Question 8

Rural

Answer 8

an area of countryside, rather than a town or city

Question 9

Urban

Answer 9

An area referring to a town or city

Question 10

City-state

Answer 10

A political unit with a city and the surrounding area

Question 11

Gilgamesh

Answer 11

King of Uruk and prtagonist from the Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 12

Sargon

Answer 12

Akkadian leader who established the world’s first empire

Question 13

Empire

Answer 13

Territories and groups of people under a single rule

Question 14

Polytheism

Answer 14

Worship of many gods

Question 15

Social Hierarchy

Answer 15

Division of society by rank or class

Question 16

Cuneiform

Answer 16

world’s first system of writing

Question 17

Pictographs

Answer 17

Picture symbols

Question 18

Epics

Answer 18

Long poems that tell stories of heroes

Question 18

Scribe

Answer 18

writer

Question 19

Architecture

Answer 19

The practice of designing and constructing buildings

Question 20

Ziggurat

Answer 20

Pyramid-shaped temple tower

Question 21

Hammurabi

Answer 21

Babylonian king responsible for the Code of Hammurabi, a famous law code

Question 22

Monarch

Answer 22

A ruler of a kingdom or empire

Question 23

Hammurabi’s Code

Answer 23

Famous collection of 282 written laws that govered Babylonian society

Question 24

Chariot

Answer 24

wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle

Question 25

Calvary

Answer 25

A group of soldiers who ride horses

Question 26

Alphabet

Answer 26

Set of letters that can be combined to form words

Question 27

Cyrus the Great

Answer 27

Persian leader who conquered large amount of territory to form the world’s largest empire at that time

Question 28

Darius I

Answer 28

Persian leader who improved society with political organization, art, road construction, and more

Question 29

Persian Wars

Answer 29

A series of wars between Persia and Greece