Mr. O'Hayer's Homework 12 Test Review!

1. Rich, fertile soil left behind after a river floods.
5. A military tactic where an army surrounds a city to force it to surrender.
6. A struggle, disagreement, or fight between groups.
7. Flat land near a river that is easily flooded and often has very fertile soil.
9. A region that receives only a small amount of rainfall each year.
13. Materials found in the environment that people use to meet their needs.
15. A stone slab carved with writing or pictures to honor an event or person.
16. A long period with little or no rainfall.
18. A person trained to read and write, often for the government.
22. Extra amounts of food or materials beyond what is needed.
24. new tools or inventions that make life easier or stronger.
25. The second major river of Mesopotamia, running parallel to the Tigris.
27. A river flowing through Mesopotamia, providing water for crops and transportation.
28. A raised bank built to prevent a river from flooding nearby land.
29. A large, stepped temple used for worship.

2. Money or goods collected from conquered people.
3. A system of bringing water to crops through canals or channels.
4. Special skills or methods used to do something.
8. A self-governing city and the land around it, acting like an independent country.
10. A group of different lands and peoples ruled by one leader.
11. a rich, curved area of land in the Middle East where farming first began
12. The first known civilization in Mesopotamia, made up of several city-states.
14. The beliefs, customs, art, and ways of life of a group of people.
17. Land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where early civilizations began.
19. The main city of an empire or government.
20. A system of writing using wedge-shaped symbols.
21. to take control of another city or land by fighting and winning a war.
23. A person who buys and sells goods.
26. A group of people with cities, government, writing, and organized ways of life.