Mesopotamia Vocab Quiz

Rivers that flow into larger rivers

• tributaries

• streams

• brook

• lake

plateau

• high, flat land

• low, flat land

• high, steep land

• low, steep land

alluvial plain

• low, flat land

• high, flat land

• low, steep land

• high, steep land

Floodwaters deposit soil and tiny rocks on the land forms _______.

• silt

• dirt

• rocks

• water

A walled city and the land around it in ancient times

• city-state

• town

• capital

• country

Governing system ruled by a king or queen

• monarchy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• constitutional republic

authority

• power

• authorize

• diplomacy

• voting

Belief in many gods

• polytheism

• monotheism

• religion

• sports

Groups of traders traveling together on long journeys

• caravan

• road trip

• vacation

• holiday

Architecture

• building style

• building plan

• building size

• building shape