Fill In Sentences:
Mesopotamia
INSTRUCTIONS:
Fill in each blank box with the word from the above list that best completes the sentence.
excavate
scholarly
arid
formidable
epic
appease
compile
nourish
ornate
diplomat
magnification
recipient
energetic
repel
zodiac
1. The of the award made a speech after accepting the plaque.
2. The desert is considered , as there is not much rainfall and little vegetation.
3. The American president met with a German in order to settle two countries’ differences.
4. The movie was an , portraying lengthy battle scenes and many heroic feats.
5. The horoscopes that are found in the newspaper are based on the .
6. Tanya studied constantlly and read widely, and as a result, she was very .
7. She felt very after her workout and decided to go for a run.
8. In the Harry Potter series, the villain Voldemort is a enemy; he is almost impossible to defeat.
9. The chemistry class used several different levels of to look at the organisms.
10. She knew that fruits and vegetables were the best foods to her body.
11. A security alarm is a good way to an intruder.
12. Covered with carvings of eagles and plastered with golden tiles, the front of the castle was very .
13. In order to her mother, she cleaned her room and vacuumed the carpet.
14. Julie had to last week's notes and type them for her boss.
15. When archaeologists the site of the ancient city, they may dig up pottery, tools and even bones.
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Definition Matching:
Mesopotamia
INSTRUCTIONS:
For each vocabulary word in the left column, locate its definition in the right column.
Type the number of the correct definition in the blank before the word.
recipient
1. a person who receives something
repel
2. extremely dry
zodiac
3. a person who represents his or her country's government in a foreign country
ornate
4. a long story, poem, or movie about heroic adventures and great
diplomat
5. a circular, imaginary belt in the sky that is divided into 12 equal parts, each named for a constellation
appease
6. learned
compile
7. strong and active
energetic
8. frightening
magnification
9. the process of making something appear larger so that it can be seen more easily
epic
10. to give someone or something enough food to stay strong and healthy
formidable
11. to drive away
nourish
12. elaborately decorated
excavate
13. to make someone content or calm
scholarly
14. to bring together many pieces of information, documents or materials
arid
15. to dig in the earth, either to put up a building or uncover something
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Crossword:
Mesopotamia
Words
ENERGETIC
ZODIAC
ARID
COMPILE
NOURISH
DIPLOMAT
SCHOLARLY
RECIPIENT
REPEL
EPIC
EXCAVATE
MAGNIFICATION
APPEASE
ORNATE
FORMIDABLE
7
2
1
10
8
9
15
3
12
11
13
5
6
4
14
Across
2. frightening
3. strong and active
4. a person who receives something
5. learned
9. to bring together many pieces of information, documents or materials
12. a circular, imaginary belt in the sky that is divided into 12 equal parts, each named for a constellation
14. extremely dry
Down
1. the process of making something appear larger so that it can be seen more easily
6. a person who represents his or her country’s government in a foreign country
7. to dig in the earth, either to put up a building or uncover something
8. to make someone content or calm
10. to give someone or something enough food to stay strong and healthy
11. elaborately decorated
13. to drive away
15. a long story, poem, or movie about heroic adventures and great battles
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Ever wonder when the first written records appeared, when the wheel was invented, or where our modern counting system came from? Believe it or not, these and many other innovations – like glass, farming, complex legal systems, and basic astronomy – came from one civilization, the very first: Mesopotamia.
For kids who want to discover the roots of modern–day life, this issue is key. What most people don’t know is that Mesopotamia includes the Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires, which followed one after another, from 3500 B.C. to 612 B.C., and all failed for different reasons.
But in the meantime, Mesopotamia was a hotbed of invention and innovation: Artisans, politicians, and priests produced an incredible number of scientific advances and new ways of thinking that continue to shape our lives today. In Mesopotamia, kids can investigate how the religious beliefs, myths, and temples of the time – like the famed Tower of Babel, are mirrored in other histories of the period, like the Bible. The development of writing in Mesopotamia, for kids, is also covered in detail, from the clay invoices and cuneiform alphabet used during the Sumer regime to the sophisticated library system created by the Assyrians. Lastly, kids will see how Mesopotamia was unearthed by intrepid explorers and archaeologists, who brought all the wonders of this region, now part of modern Iraq, to light.
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Cradle of Civilization
In the heart of modern-day Iraq, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, lies a dry, flat ...
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Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and More
The history of Mesopotamia is measured in millennia rather than centuries.
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Day-to-Day Life
The ruins of Mesopotamia reveal more about kings and battles than about the ordinary citiz ...
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Gods and Demons
Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians shared the same basic religious beliefs and the same ...
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Accomplishments of the Mesopotamians
Long before the modern world ever knew about the splendors of Mesopotamia, it had benefite ...
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The Legendary Gilgamesh and the Origins of Writing
Little is known about the historical Sumerian Gilgamesh, who ruled the city-state of Uruk, ...
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How We Know What We Know
When Babylon fell to the Persian king Cyrus in 539 B.C., Mesopotamia’s glory days ca ...
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Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and More
For the next 3,000 years, kingdoms rose and fell, empires expanded and contracted, outside ...
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