1. Vocabulary Test Review 2014
Mesopotamia
Vocabulary Test Review
2014

2. Tribute

3. A payment of money or goods by one ruler to another in order to ensure protection.

4. Justice

5. Fair treatment of people, in keeping

6. Hammurabi

7. The ruler of the Babylonian Empire from 1792BC to 1750BC.

8. Emperor

9. The ruler of an empire.

10. Scribe

11. A person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper.

12. Stylus

13. A sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets.

14. Bronze

15. A metal that is a mixture of copper and tin.

16. Polytheism

17. A belief in many gods and goddesses.

18. Ziggurat

19. An ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple that rose in a series of step like levels.

20. Civilization

21. Human society with an advanced level of development in social & political organization & in the arts & sciences.

22. City-State

23. A political unit that includes a city and its nearby homelands.

24. Sumer

25. An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia, in which civilization arose around 3300BC.

26. King

27. The highest -ranking leader of a group of people.

28. Pictograph

29. A picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea in an early system of writing.

30. Cuneiform

31. An ancient writing system developed by the Sumerians, made up of wedge-shaped markings.

32. Empire

33. A group of territories and peoples brought together under one supreme ruler.

34. Fertile Crescent

35. An area of rich soil in the Middle East, stretching from the Mediterranean Sea through Mesopotamia.

36. Code of Law

37. A set of written rules for people to obey.

38. Exile

39. Forced removal from one’s homeland.

40. Hanging Gardens of Babylon

41. An artificial mountain covered with trees and plants, built by Nebuchadnezzar II for his wife. One of the 7 wonders of the world.