Fertile Crescent

Question 1

Due to irrigation systems, farmers sometimes had a ____ of food, or more than they needed

Accepted Answer

surplus

Question 2

Who developed one of the first alphabets, which the modern English alphabet is based on?

Accepted Answer

The Phonecians

Question 3

What form of communication preceded (came before) cuneiform?

Accepted Answer

Pictographs

Question 4

What king's palace featured the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

Accepted Answer

Nebuchadnezzer

Question 5

What is a land with different territories and peoples under a single rule?

Accepted Answer

An Empire

Question 6

Why did crops grow well near rivers?

Accepted Answer

Regular floods made the soil rich

Question 7

Why was it difficult to farm in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

The region received little rain.

Question 8

Irrigation systems were made up of _____, or human-made waterways

Accepted Answer

canals

Question 9

Early peoples settled where ________ would grow.

Accepted Answer

Crops

Question 10

Who used the chariot for an advantage in war?

Accepted Answer

The Hittites

Question 11

What empire did Sargon rule over?

Accepted Answer

Akkadian

Question 12

Which two rivers surround Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 13

A mixture of tiny rocks and rich soil is known as

Accepted Answer

silt

Question 14

What is the title of a writer in Sumer?

Accepted Answer

Scribe

Question 15

Mesopotamians used ____, which was a way of supplying water to an area of land

Accepted Answer

irrigation

Question 16

The Sumerians practiced _________, or the worship of many gods.

Accepted Answer

Polytheism

Question 17

Crops usually grew well near ________.

Accepted Answer

Rivers

Question 18

What were the political, social, and economic centers of civilizations?

Accepted Answer

cities

Question 19

What contribution to modern society did the Assyrians make?

Accepted Answer

Local leaders governing small areas of an empire

Question 20

The large arc of rich farmland is known as

Accepted Answer

the Fertile Crescent

Question 21

What is the division of society by rank or class?

Accepted Answer

Social Hierarchy

Question 22

What is the arrangement when a person specializes in a particular task or job?

Accepted Answer

Division of Labor

Question 23

Where was last night's presidential debate?

Accepted Answer

Las Vegas, NV

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