Mesopotamia Vocabulary

What is silt?

• A mixture of small rocks and soil

• A type of ancient writing

• A kind of temple

• A type of government

What is irrigation?

• The method of supplying water to an area of land or crops

• A type of writing

• A kind of government

• A religious ceremony

What does rural refer to?

• An area of countryside, rather than a town or city

• A type of government

• A kind of soil

• A religious leader

What does urban refer to?

• An area referring to a town or city

• A type of government

• A kind of building

• A religious ceremony

Who was Gilgamesh?

• King of Uruk and protagonist from the Epic of Gilgamesh

• A famous architect

• A Babylonian scribe

• A type of temple

What is polytheism?

• Worship of many gods

• Worship of one god

• A type of government

• A kind of building

What is social hierarchy?

• Division of society by rank or class

• A type of government

• A kind of soil

• A religious leader

What is cuneiform?

• World’s first system of writing

• A type of government

• A kind of soil

• A religious ceremony

What are pictographs?

• Picture symbols

• A type of government

• A kind of soil

• A religious leader

What are epics?

• Long poems that tell stories of heroes

• A type of government

• A kind of soil

• A religious leader