1. 7th Grade World History
Vocabulary

2. CHAPTER 3
MESOPOTAMIA
And THE
FERTILE CRESCENT

3. An area of rich farmland in southwest Asia where the first
civilizations began.
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4. A mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming.
Silt on a finger tip

5. way of supplying
water to an area
of land.

6. A human made waterway

7. More of something than is needed

8. An arrangement in which each worker specializes in a
particular task or job.

9. A countryside area

10. A city area

11. A political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside

12. Sumerian city-state of legendary figure in the
King of the ancient
Sumerian city-state of
Uruk who became a
legendary figure in the
world’s oldest epic.

13. Akkadian emperor (2334 – 2279 BC). First ruler to have a permanent army.

14. Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule

15. The worship of many gods

16. A person who performs
Religious ceremonies

17. The division of society by rank or class
This one
is for
Egypt
This one is from Mesopotamia

18. The world’s first system of writing; developed in Sumer

19. A pictorial sign or symbol. The earliest form of writing.

20. A writer

21. Long poems that tell
the stories of heroes

22. The science of building things

23. A pyramid-shaped temple in ancient Mesopotamia

24. A ruler of a kingdom
or empire.

25. A set of 282 laws governing daily life in Babylon; the earliest known collection of written laws.

26. A wheeled, horse-drawn
cart used in battle

27. The most famous Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city. Legend says that he built the famous
Hanging Gardens.

28. A set of letters that can be combined to form words.

29. FERTILE
CRESCENT

30. SILT

31. IRRIGATION

32. CANALS

33. SURPLUS

34. DIVISION OF
LABOR

35. RURAL

36. URBAN

37. CITY-STATES

38. GILGAMESH

39. SARGON

40. EMPIRE

41. POLYTHEISM

42. PRIESTS

43. SOCIAL
HIERARCHY

44. CUNEIFORM

45. PICTOGRAPHS

46. SCRIBE

47. EPICS

48. ARCHITECTURE

49. ZIGGURAT

50. MONARCH

51. HAMMURABI’S
CODE

52. CHARIOT

53. NEBUCHADNEZZAR

54. ALPHABET