ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA: VOCABULARY Chapter 2, Lesson 1

Match the following

• flowing side by side, but never crossing

• surplus

• made up of; composed of

• silt

• extra amount; overflow

• ziggurat

• small particles of sand; sediment

• parallel

• a large temple; shrine

• consisted

Define irrigation.

• digging canals to let water flow from a water source to fields for farming

• side by side, but never crossing

• made up of; composed of

• The land between two rivers (Greek)

Flooded rivers were were filled with silt. What is silt?

• small particles of sand or soil; sediment

• extra amounts

The Sumerians formed city-states.

What are city-states?

• a society dominated by men

• A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• The land between two rivers (Greek)

• a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

The middle class consisted of merchants, farmers, fishers, and artisans.

Define consisted.

• had an abundance

• smelled

• was made up of; was composed of

• was a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

A Mesopotamian society was a patriarchy.

Define patriarchy.

• a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

• A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• land between two rivers (Greek)

• A society dominated by men

A ziggurat is a synonym for a __________.

• temple or shrine

• particle or sediment

• union or association

• god or goddess

An epic is ____________.

• a canal to let water flow from a water source to fields for farming

• A large temple; shrine

• A long poem that tells the story of a hero; a legend; or romance

• a job, career, or profession

Polytheism is ________________.

• the worship of many gods

• a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.

• Writing created by the Sumerians that had 1,200 different characters

• a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

Match the following

• The land between two rivers (Greek)

• scribes

• Writing created by the Sumerians that had 1,200 different characters;

• cycles

• a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.

• Mesopotamia

• official record keepers; recorder; writer

• alliances

• a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

• cuneiform