Ancient Mesopotamia Practice Questions

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Vocabulary and key concepts covering Standards 6.05 through 6.07 for Ancient Mesopotamia.

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A word meaning 'the land between the rivers', coming from 'meso' (middle/between) and 'potamia' (rivers).

Mesopotamia

<p>Mesopotamia </p>
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Seven Characteristics of Civilization

Culture, Government, Religion, Social Structure, Stable food supply, Technology, and Writing.

<p>Culture, Government, Religion, Social Structure, Stable food supply, Technology, and Writing.</p>
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An invention that allowed Mesopotamians to use wind power to move boats faster along the rivers.

Sail

<p>Sail </p>
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The process of working with metal to make stronger tools.

Metallurgy

<p>Metallurgy</p>
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Irrigation

A system for moving river water through canals to crops located away from the river.

<p>A system for moving river water through canals to crops located away from the river.</p>
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Civilization

A complex, organized society characterized by government, religion, writing, technology, and social structure.

<p>A complex, organized society characterized by government, religion, writing, technology, and social structure.</p>
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<p>A mountain range located east of the Tigris River that served as a natural eastern border, a source of rainfall, and a barrier against invaders.</p>

A mountain range located east of the Tigris River that served as a natural eastern border, a source of rainfall, and a barrier against invaders.

Zagros Mountains

<p>Zagros Mountains </p>
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The southern body of water into which both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers empty.

Persian Gulf

<p>Persian Gulf </p>
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<p>Euphrates River</p>

Euphrates River

The western river of Mesopotamia, which is longer (2,800 km2,800\,km) but slower and wider.

<p>The western river of Mesopotamia, which is longer ($$2,800\,km$$) but slower and wider.</p>
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Tigris River

The eastern river of Mesopotamia, which is shorter (1,850 km1,850\,km) but features a faster, deeper current.

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Ur (in Sumer)

An ancient city in far southern Mesopotamia located closest to where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet the Persian Gulf.

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Caspian Sea

The sea located farthest northeast in relation to the Fertile Crescent.

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Silt

Nutrient-rich soil deposited onto land by seasonal river flooding, making farming possible in a desert region.

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Wheel

An invention used for wagons and carts to achieve faster hauling of goods on land.

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Plow

An agricultural tool invented for breaking up soil for planting.

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Mediterranean Sea

The body of water located to the far west of Mesopotamia that provided the best trade access to Egypt and Greece.

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Fertile Crescent Cause-and-Effect Chain

The sequence in which a desert climate leads to seasonal flooding, which leaves silt deposits, resulting in fertile soil.