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SS 2.1 Mesopotamia
Question | Answer |
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What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean? | The land between the rivers |
Name three characteristics of a civilization. | religion, food supply, government, customs, social divisions, technology |
What does the word "fertile" mean? | The rich soil good for growing crops |
What are the two rivers in the fertile crescent? | The Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers |
What does irrigation mean? | To bring water to crops. |
What was the southern city-state of Mesopotamia? | Sumer |
What was the main city-state in northern Mesopotamia? | Akkad |
What is a ziggurat? | a pyramid -shaped building used to worship the gods |
What does "polytheism" mean? | The belief in many gods |
What does "monotheism" mean? | The belief in one god |