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Social Studies
Chapter 2 Section 1
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Social Studies
6th Grade
10/15/2013

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Polytheism
Definition
_______________ is the belief in many gods.
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scribe
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A ____________ is a professional writer.
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Mesopotamia
Definition
_______________ was between the rivers.
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myth
Definition
A ____________ is a story explaining people’s beliefs.
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Fertile Crescent
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The _________________________ was an area good for agriculture.
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Rich soil
Definition
___________________ attracted people to the Fertile Crescent.
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Sumerian city-states
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________________________were independent of one another because travel between them was difficult.
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A Sumerian ziggurat was made of terraces, one on top of the other, because ....
Definition
Sumerians believed the gods could use it to descent to the Earth.
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The main cause of wars between the Sumerian city-states was ....
Definition
disputes over land and water rights.
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Scribes were important people in Sumer because ....
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they kept records for the kings and priests.
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