chsmichaelachapter.3 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| what is the meaning of Mesopotamia? | land between rivers |
| why was each city surrounded by a wall with a bronze gate? | to keep out lions and bandits |
| what were the names of the twin rivers? | the Tigris, and Euphrates |
| what is the temple in the middle of each Sumerian city called? | Ziggurat |
| what does ziggurat mean? | mountain of god, or hill of heaven |
| sumerians believed that all forces of nature were viewed as? | gods |
| what was the name of one of the famous priest- kings who searched for a way to live forever? | Gilgamesh |
| what were the people who settled in Mesopotamia about 3500 b.c. called? | Sumerians |
| what was the chief crop in Sumer? | barley |
| what were humans put on earth to do? | please the gods |
| what was the writing made out of wedge- shaped markings called? | cuneiform |
| why was writing developed? | because people had to keep track of business deals |
| often one city state would go to war with one another over? | boundary disputes |
| the twin rivers would flood and leave behind what? | natural leeves |
| what is the fertile area around Mesopotamia called? | fertile cresent |
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