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