Mesopotamia Vocabulary
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- Q 1/27Score 0Rivers that ran through Mesopotamia, between them, was an area known as the Fertile Crescent.29Tigris-Euphrates Rivers
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- Q1Rivers that ran through Mesopotamia, between them, was an area known as the Fertile Crescent.Tigris-Euphrates Rivers30s
- Q2An area of land between the Tigris and the Euphrates River in the area of modern day Iraq (Mesopotamia) in the shape of an arc (crescent) that is good for agriculture.Fertile Crescent30s
- Q3A geographic region that includes a majority of Western Asia & Egypt; Modern day Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Palestine, & Egypt.Middle East30s
- Q4A mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farmingsilt30s
- Q5A way of supplying water to an area of land using canals, dams, and waterwheels.irrigation30s
- Q6A group of ancient city-states in southern Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia.Sumer30s
- Q7A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countrysidecity-state30s
- Q8An ancient city of Mesopotamia known for its wealth and luxuryBabylon30s
- Q9A civilization in the area of present day Lebanon near Mesopotamia, creators of the first alphabetic writing systemPhoenicia30s
- Q10The division of the people in a society by rank or class.social hierarchy30s
- Q11a network of roads along which traders traveledtrade route30s
- Q12"the land between the rivers"; an early civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates RiversMesopotamia30s
- Q13More food than as needed by a person.surplus30s
- Q14Mesopotamia is called this because the earliest people and cultures were located hereCradle of Civilization30s
- Q15the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or jobdivision (specialization) of labor30s
