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Mesopotamia Vocabulary Activity
Directions: Define the vocabulary words and create a Taboo card for each (describe the term using 3
words).
Example: Arabian-one of a breed of horses, raised originally in Arabia and adjacent countries,
noted for intelligence, grace, and speed.
Arabian
Horse
Conner Middle
7th grade
1. Ziggurat
2. Cuneiform
3. Hammurabi’s Code
4. Irrigation
5. Polytheistic
6. monotheistic
7. City-State
8. Silt
9. Fertile Crescent
Map of Mesopotamia
Directions: Identify the following locations on your map. Make sure the map has a title and key.
Cities:
Babylon
Sumer
Regions:
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent-color GREEN
Egypt
Africa
Asia
Landforms:-Color Brown
Zagros Mountains
Sinai Peninsula
Syrian Desert
Bodies of Water: Color Blue
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Caspian Sea
Nile River
Map of Mesopotamia
Directions: Identify the following locations on your map. Make sure the map has a title and key.
Cities:
Babylon
Sumer
Regions:
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent-color GREEN
Egypt
Africa
Asia
Landforms:-Color Brown
Zagros Mountains
Sinai Peninsula
Syrian Desert
Bodies of Water: Color Blue
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Caspian Sea
Nile River
is the independent governing city and land surrounding around it.
16. ______________
is the system of wedge shaped symbol writing
17._______________
is the world’s first system of laws.
18._______________
is a large temple built by Sumerians to worship gods &
goddesses.
19. ______________
belief in more than 1 god.
20._______________
belief in only 1 god.
21._______________
a way of supplying water to land.
22. _______________
rich minerals that cause fertile soil
23.________________ a region of rich, fertile soil in SW Asia.