| A | B |
| Irrigation | a way to water the land |
| Cuneiform | the first system of writing |
| Scribe | a writer |
| Surplus | extra - more than needed |
| Polytheism | the worship of many gods |
| Fetile Crescent | a land arc of good farmland |
| Three things a place must have to be considered a civilization | education, government, and religion |
| What is a ziggurat? | a pyramid-shaped temple |
| Who was Hammurabi? | A Babylonian ruler |
| Three ways people were punished for breaking the laws | death, paying fines, imprisonment |
| Three inventions made by the Sumerians | wheel, sundial, and chisel |
| What is a city-state? | a walled city and the surrounding countryside |