Mesopotamia Review Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name? | Tigris & Euphrates River |
| Why did Mesopotamians build canals? | Control the river's flow |
| Who was the link between the Sumerians and the gods? | priests |
| Form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols | Cuneiform |
| Main reason the ziggurats were tall | to honor the gods |
| Why did Mesopotamians build walls around the city? | to protect the people from attack |
| Technology the Hittites & Assyrian used in battle | iron weapons and chariots |
| Group of people that grew more powerful due to trad rather than fighting | Phoenicians |
| Item that Phoenicians used for trading | cedar wood |
| This person's army defeated all the city-sates of Sumer and conquered northern Mesopotamia | Sargon I |
| legendary Sumerian literature figure | Gilgamesh |
| What was located in the Sumerian city centers | temples |
| After the the death of Sargon which city-state rose to power? | Ur |
| set of letters that can be combined to form words | alphabet |
| wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart | chariot |
| ruler of a kingdom or empire | monarch |
| long poems that tell the story of a hero | epic |
| picture symbols used for written communications | pictographs |
| division of society by rank or class | social hierarchy |
| worship of many gods | polytheism |
| located in the countryside | rural |
| way of supplying water to an area of land | irrigation |
| large arc of farmland | Fertile Crescent |
| city area | urban |
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