1. Mesopotamia

2. Ziggurat
An ancient polytheistic temple of worship to a city’s god.

3. Government
An organized system that groups use to make decisions and laws.

4. City - State
A city and the farmlands surrounding it.

5. Monarchy
A government in which one person has complete control.

6. Surplus
An extra supply of food above what people need to survive.

7. Merchants
People who bought and sold things for a living

8. Barter
The exchange of one good or service for another

9. Scribe
A Person who was able to write.

10. Empire
A collection of kingdoms under one powerful ruler.

11. Polytheism
The belief in multiple gods

12. Monotheism
The belief in a single God.

13. Mesopotamia
The land between the rivers

14. Sumer
The first civilization in Mesopotamia.

15. Levee
Raised areas of earth to hold back flood waters.

16. Irrigation
The transfer of water from a body of water to a dryer area, intended for farming.

17. Agriculture
Farming of crops.

18. Domestication
The taming of a plant or animal under human control.

19. Cuneiform
One of the Earliest writing systems.

20. Priest - King
Powerful priests who also controlled a city-state.

21. Tigris and Euphrates
The two rivers that enclose Mesopotamia

22. Money system
Trading money in exchange for a good or service.

23. Complete the following directions on the map.
Label the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea.
Label the 2 Rivers.
Label the cities of Babylon, Ur, and Nineveh
Label the Zagros mountains
Label the Nile River.