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Name_______Answer key______________
Homeroom_______________
Ancient Civilizations: MESOPOTAMIA
Pre-test
Fertile Crescent
Silt
Irrigation
Province
Surplus
Division of labor
SCORE___________
City-State
Empire
Polytheism
Priest
Caravan
Cuneiform
Pictographs
Scribe
Epic
Ziggurat
Monarch
Hammurabi’s Code
1. __Caravan_____________________- A group of merchants traveling together for safety,
usually with a large number of camels.
2. __Province _____________________- A district within a larger country The world’s first
system of writing
3. __Empire_____________________- A group of different lands under one ruler
4. __Hammurabi’s code_____________________- Was the set of 282 laws that dealt with
almost every part of daily life
5. __Ziggurat_____________________- A pyramid shaped tower with a temple on the top.
6. __Division of labor_____________________- The type of agreement in which each work
specializes in a particular task or job.
7. __City-State_____________________- Independent nation made up of a city and the land
around it.
8. __Scribe_____________________- A writer
9. __Surplus_____________________- The amount that’s left over after a need has been met.
10. __Pictographs____________________- Picture symbols
11. __Epic____________________- Long poems that tell stories of heroes
12. __Polytheism____________________- The worship of many gods
13. __Fertile Crescent____________________- A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland
14. __Monarch____________________- The ruler of a kingdom or empire
15. Cuneiform- ___ The world’s first system of writing
16. Irrigation- ____ A way of supplying water to an area of land
17. Silt- ___ A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
18. Priest- ____ People who performed religion ceremonies