Mesopotamia Vocab Quiz

TRIBUTARY meaning?

• A ceremony performed for the dead

• A river that flows into a larger river

• A native tribe in Mesopotamia

• NONE

PLATEAU meaning?

• The frying of vegetables

• A country house located in Northern Mesopotamia

• A high, flat area of land

• NONE

ALLUVIAL PLAIN meaning?

• Another name for 'bronze', the Mesopotamians used.

• A low, flat land formed from fine soil left behind by streams

• Soil and tiny rocks carried or deposited on land by floodwaters

• NONE

SILT meaning?

• A fine, strong, soft, lustrous fiber

• Soil and tiny rocks carried or deposited by floodwaters

• A group of traders, who believe in many deities

• NONE

CITY-STATE meaning?

• A city and the farm lands around it

• I DIDN'T STUDY!!!

• NONE

• Laws and codes enforced in cities

MONARCHY meaning?

• A native butterfly to California

• NONE

• A government ruled by a king or queen

• A system of government ruled by selected officials from the public

IRRIGATION meaning?

• A plumbing system

• The supply of water to land or crops to help growth

• Pouring water onto

• NONE

POLYTHEISM meaning?

• A plane figure with at least three straight angles

• The belief in only one god

• A belief in many gods

• NONE

CARAVAN meaning?

• A special type of crop, resembling a carrot

• A wagon or vehicle

• A permanent army

• NONE

Answer explanation

CARAVAN meaning?

A caravan means, 'A group of traders traveling together on a long journey'.

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