Mesopotamia

Introductory Vocabulary

Find the answers to the following

  1. Where was Mesopotamia?
  2. What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
  3. Mesopotamia is between 2 rivers. (a) What river is to the north? (b) what river is to the south?
  4. How did the people of Mesopotamia control the two rivers?
  5. Who were the people who established the world's first civilization in Mesopotamia?
  6. What is a ziggarut?
  7. What was the name of the world's first writing system?
  8. Why was there a need for a writing system?
  9.  What was the first epic story called?
  10. What did the majority of people do for work in Mesopotamia?
  11. What kind of clothing did they wear?
  12.  List 5 things that the Sumerians were first to achieve?
  13. Who was Hammurabi? What is he most famous for?
  14. Mesopotamia is now divided into two countries. List these countries.

Define the following:

  • CITY-STATE 
  • CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION 
  • EDUBBA
  • EMPIRE
  • GILGAMESH
  • LEVEES 
  • SCRIBE
  • STYLUS 
  • PRIEST-KING 
  • SARGON I