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What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
"Between two rivers"
Name the rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
What was the name for their temples?
"Ziggurat"
Name 1 of its most important cities
Ur, Uruk or Lagash
Name 1 contribution to humanity
the invention of the wheel, agriculture techniques, the writing
Name 1 contribution to architechture
the arch, the ramp, the vault
Name 1 vegetable or grain they grew in their crops
wheat, barley, onions, dates, pomegranade, apples
Which country is Mesopotamia today?
Irak
True or False? At the beginning, they used pictograms for their writing.
TRUE!
True or False? Their writing is known as "CUNEIFORM WRITING"
TRUE!!!
True or False? Mesopotamians invented the telescope.
FALSE!
True or False? Mesopotamia was located in Africa
FALSE!!! It was located in ASIA.
True or False? There were only two mesopotamian empires.
FALSE! There were 4!!!
Name one of the Mesopotamian Empires
Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian or Persian
True or False? Mesopotamia existed 200 years ago.
FALSE!!! It existed approximately 5,000 years B.C.E.
