What Greek word means land between the rivers?
Mesopotamia
What are the 2 rivers that flow through Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Which word means able to grow crops in rich soil?
Fertile
Which word means to supply land with water?
Irrigate
Who were the first group of people that settled down and began a civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Sumerians
Akkadians
Egyptians
Harappans
What is the name of the Mesopotamian temple in the center of the city?
Ziggurat
What was the system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians?
Cuneiform
What was the name of the writing implement that Mesopotamians used?
Stylus
Name of the people who were trained to read and write?
Scribes
Who was famous for the motto (saying) "an eye for an eye"
Hammurabi
The Mesopotamians developed the first concept of time. They divided time into how many parts?
30
10
60
100
True or False. Mesopotamians wrote on clay tablets using hieroglyphics
False
an amount beyond what is required, excess; more than what is needed or expected
Surplus
A small, independent region (area) that does not answer to a larger government
city-state
A long narrative poem or story, which tells the story of a heroic character who shows the values or beliefs of the society
Epic
Who was the army leader that created Mesopotamia's first empire?
Akhenaten
Akkadia
Sargon
Hammurabi
