Mesopotamia - Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. We made more corn than we needed so we had a ___________________ of corn.
  2. 5. the belief in many gods
  3. 8. Since we had a surplus of corn, some people were ________________. They made beautiful baskets and jewelry.
  4. 9. bringing water from the river to help farmers water their crops
  5. 10. Type of writing invented by the Sumerians, the first writing system
  6. 12. The _________________was in charge of writing things down for the city-state
  7. 13. built to prevent flooding
Down
  1. 1. The priest prayed in the __________________________which is a Mesopotamian temple
  2. 2. I have goats and sheep that I shave for wool and use for food
  3. 4. people who wandered for food and had no settled home
  4. 6. he scribe used the ________________________ to write on the tablet.
  5. 7. religion that believes in 1 god
  6. 11. he soil was ___________________ so the crops grew well!