Mesopotamia
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. Mesopotamia
A. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River
2. Nineveh
B. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
3. Mediterranean
C. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates
4. Ziggurat
D. The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of ___
5. Caspian Sea
E. A ___ consisting of a sovereign ___
6. Persian Gulf
F. Timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
7. Ur
G. Supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
8. Babylon
H. A ___ in southwestern Asia
9. Irrigation
I. A large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River
10. Euphrates River
J. The largest inland sea
11. Cuneiform
K. French playwright
12. Wheel
L. A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes that can rotate on a shaft or axle
13. Sundial
M. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
14. Hammurabi
N. A pier that provides a landing place on a river (plural)
15. Assyria
O. Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia
16. Stylus
P. A shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula
17. Gilgamesh
Q. An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part
18. Scribe
R. A sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
19. City-State
S. An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
20. Levees
T. A legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories