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Vocabulary, Mesopotamia Name __________________________________ Period ___________________# _____________ Directions: 1. Write out the complete definition for the following vocabulary words. (You may use your textbook pgs. 52 & 59 or LongmanDictionary.com) 2. Draw and color a picture or cartoon that will help you remember the definition. 3. Write out a sentence using the word correctly. (You may use a sentence from the book or from the Internet.) Highlight the vocab word. Picture or cartoon that will help me My sentence using the vocab word. Vocabulary Word Definition remember the word’s meaning… (Vocab word is highlighted.) “The land between two rivers” • The area where humans first formed civilizations Mesopotamia • The area between the Tigris-­‐
Euphrates river system • Modern –day Iraq & Syria • A region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter The Fertile Crescent moon shape, that moist, fertile, and surrounded by desert kings” “The land of civilized • The southernmost region of ancient Mesopotamia Iraq • Modern-­‐day Sumer the cradle of • Considered civilization Vocabulary Word My sentence using the vocab word. (Vocab word is highlighted.) An independent state that has its own king, government, and consists of a city and the area around it A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its canals A special wall built to stop river flooding A long wall of soil built along a river to prevent flooding Ancient people who lived in the geographic region of Sumer One of the earliest urban societies to emerge in the world, in Southern Mesopotamia more than 5000 years ago •
Sumerians Picture or cartoon that will help me remember the word’s meaning… Definition •
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city-­‐states •
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levee •
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aqueduct •
A structure that looks like a bridge and that is used to carry water over a valley A pipe or a channel that brings water from distant places Vocabulary Word •
silt •
floodplain •
civilization Picture or cartoon that will help me remember the word’s meaning… My sentence using the vocab word. (Vocab word is highlighted.) Sand, mud, soil etc., that is carried by flowing water an then settles at the bottom of a river The large area of flat land on either side of a river that is sometimes covered with water when the river becomes too full Definition •
social structure A particular well-­‐organized and developed society A group of people that have developed ways to organize and care about art, science, etc. is divided into • When society on wealth, groups based prestige power, and/or • A way to categorize people according to wealth and power Vocabulary Word Definition •
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artisan •
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scribe A person who writes A person in the past whose job was to copy manuscripts and books •
Someone in the past whose job was to make written copies of official documents •
An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower A rectangular stepped tower, mostly used for religious ceremonies in ancient Mesopotamia ziggurat Craftsman Someone who does skilled work, making things with their hands •
Picture or cartoon that will help me remember the word’s meaning… My sentence using the vocab word. (Vocab word is highlighted.) Vocabulary Word •
polytheism •
arch •
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pictograph •
Definition Picture or cartoon that will help me remember the word’s meaning… My sentence using the vocab word. (Vocab word is highlighted.) The belief that there is more than one god An upside down U shaped structure that supports weight above it, as in a doorway A structure with a curved top and straight sides that supports the weight of a bridge or a building A symbol that stands for an object An icon Vocabulary Word •
cuneiform •
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empire •
tribute •
Picture or cartoon that will help me remember the word’s meaning… My sentence using the vocab word. (Vocab word is highlighted.) Writing that uses wedge-­‐
shaped characters The writing used by people of ancient Mesopotamia A large territory where a several groups of people are ruled by a single powerful leader or government A payment of goods or money by one ruler or country to another more powerful one, especially in order to be protected Wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior Definition