What is the Fertile Crescent?

An arc of land that goes from the Persian Gulf to the Nile

What is a climagraph?

A graph that shows average temperature and rainfall

What is a City-state?

An area of land that is independent

List of events or developments over a period of time

The king of Babylon who wrote laws

What is architecture?

The art and science of designing buildings

What is a flood plain

the area of land that floods when a river overflows its bank

What did the land provide for them?

edible plants, and wild animals

The kind of weather a place has over a period of years.

A silver coin that weighs 180 grains of barley

What were some advantages in Mesopotamia?

Good soil, hot climate and water

Mesopotamia's nickname is.....

The land between the two rivers

What made Mesopotamia good for agriculture?

Flat, treeless, sunny and no killing frosts

A marshy area, made from splitting into smaller streams.

people who sell their writing skills for money

What is precipitation?

A deposit of moisture, in rain dew or snow.

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1
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A place in Canada
A type of hot dog
An arc of land that goes from the Persian Gulf to the Nile
A Crescent that looks fertile
2
About how much rainfall falls annually?
About 900mm
About 990mm
About 900cm
About 990 cm
3
What were the most important crops?
Apples and Coletons
Wheat and Barley
Potatoes and spinach
Asparagus and Bananas
4
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
Noah's cats
A car manufactuer
A boy band
rivers
5
What is a plain?
very dull
a chicken egg
A flat, wide open area of land
A type of liquid
6
In spring, fields flooded because snow melted from the mountains.
False
Not sure
I don't care
True
7
What did marshy swamps provide for them?
sand
Reeds to build houses
Swamps for alligators
A good view
8
stylus
Person who styles hair
A stick
a reed pen
A crayon
9
What is Lapis Lazuli?
A locker
A blue gemstone
A type of plant that heals the flu
A computer that hasn't been invented yet
10
Which one of these is a Mesopotamian mountain range?
Mount Rushmore
Himlayas
Mount Steven
Zagros
11
What is a climagraph?
A type of pen
A pictograph that measures unicorns
A class where you learn about climate and graphs
A graph that shows average temperature and rainfall
12
What is Domesticate
To tame animals
To tame burgers
a sport that is like soccer
A writing utensil
13
What is a City-state?
The rear end of a turkey
A place that nobody's ever been to
An area of land that belongs to a country
An area of land that is independent
14
Chronologies
List of events or developments over a period of time
A list of what Mesopotamians ate
My shoes
A special rubiks cube
15
What were the primary livestock?
Goats and cats
Goats and cattle
Goats and sheeps
Bacon and beef
16
Who is Hammurabi?
Clash Royale
The king of Africa
A new language
The king of Babylon who wrote laws
17
Dikes are low, earthen walls used to direct the flow of sand.
False
True
18
The barter system is used to buy and sell items
true
false
19
What is irrigate?
A solar panel to harness energy.
A type of alien species.
To bring dirt to fields
To bring water to fields.
20
What is a relief?
A birdie
A chipped rock
Something that holds pots
A carving on a stone surface
21
What is architecture?
Building lego
A shoelace
The name of a fish
The art and science of designing buildings
22
What is a flood plain
A flood that is plain
the area of land that floods when a river overflows its bank
A place that gets a lot of hail
An unknown country
23
What did the land provide for them?
classrooms and washrooms
Life skills
edible plants, and wild animals
Rats and snow
24
What is climate?
A snack for children.
The kind of weather a place has over a period of years.
A place that sells burgers.
Another word for hello.
25
What is a shekel?
A silver coin that weighs 170 grains of barley
A silver coin that weighs 180 grains of barley
A silver coin that weighs 190 grains of barley
A silver coin that weighs 200 grains of barley
26
Where is Mesopotamia now?
Mostly in North Korea
Mostly in Iraq
Mostly in Iran
Mostly in Afganistan
27
What is a Mina?
Worth 61 shekels
Worth 60 shekels
Worth 50 shekels
worth 51 shekels
28
What were some advantages in Mesopotamia?
Good soil, hot climate and sand
Good soil, hot climate and water
Bad soil, hot climate and water
Good soil, cold climate and water
29
Mesopotamia's nickname is.....
The land between the two mountains
The land between the two hills
The land between the two rivers
The land between the two oceans
30
What made Mesopotamia good for agriculture?
Forests, cloudy, bugs
lots of people
Flat, treeless, sunny and no killing frosts
Satellites
31
What is a Delta?
Very expensive metal.
Another name for earth.
A marshy area, made from splitting into smaller streams.
A company that sells paper.
32
What are scribes?
People who sell their math skills for money
People who sell their history skills for money
People who sell their leg for money
people who sell their writing skills for money
33
What is precipitation?
a lake, ocean or river.
A deposit of moisture, in rain dew or snow.
A deposit of money
dog poop
34
What is a Talent?
An occupation or job
A picture
The life of a hamster
Worth 60 Minas
35
What is silt?
a type of material
I have no idea
Fine sand
a river or stream

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