Mesopotamia Vocab
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. cuneiform
A. A wise man skilled in occult learning (plural)
2. caravan
B. Supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
3. specialization
C. An extinct language of the ___ in ancient Mesopotamia (plural)
4. technology
D. A river in southwestern Asia
5. fossil
E. A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
6. irrigation
F. A procession traveling together in single file
7. empire
G. Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia
8. domesticate
H. An area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq
9. nomad
I. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
10. artifact
J. An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
11. scribe
K. An Asian river
12. artisan
L. To adapt to the environment
13. astronomer
M. A man-made object taken as a whole
14. province
N. The structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
15. ziggurat
O. A physicist who studies ___
16. tigris
P. A set of rules or principles or laws
17. euphrates
Q. French playwright
18. babylon
R. Someone whose style is out of fashion
19. hammurabi
S. The application of the knowledge and usage of tools and ___ to control one's environment
20. unusual
T. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
21. code
U. Not usual or common or ordinary
22. assyrians
V. The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
23. chaldeans
W. The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of ___
24. sumer
X. The domain ruled by an emperor or empress