Social Studies Review - EA1

Mesopotamia is known as _______.

• cradle of civilisation

• last human civilisation

Mesopotamia means _____________.

• lake between two mountains

• land between two rivers

Mesopotamia present day state:

• Irak

• South Africa

• China

First human civilisation in Mesopotamia:

• Babylonia

• Persia

• Sumerian

First written language:

• cuneiform

• wheel

• ziggurats

Temples in pyramid shape. Pray to the gods:

• wheel

• ziggurats

• river

• cuneiform

Two rivers in Mesopotamia:

• Tigris

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Amazon

Important king for the Sumerian Empire:

• Xerxes

• Gilgamesh

The capital city of Babylonia Empire:

• Babylon

• Persepolis

• Ashur

The capital city of the Persian Empire:

• Babylon

• Ashur

• Persepolis

• Sumer