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C2.S1 The Fertile Crescent: Land Between Two Rivers pages: 30-35
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1
Mesopotamia is defined by the two main rivers. Which are the two rivers?
Tiger and Elephant
Persian and Syrian
Amazon and Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
2
Ur, Kish and Uruk were ancient cities in...
Sumer
All of the answers are correct.
Assyria (upper Mesopotamia)
Babylonia (middle Mesopotamia)
3
The purple region shows the site of the first civilizations. What is the region called?
Persian Sea
The Mediterranean
Grande Sumer
The Fertile Crescent
4
Who first defeated the Sumer city-states in about 2300 BC.
Assyrians from the far north
Babylonia
a neighboring army from Akkad
a distant army from Persia
5
The belief in many gods is called...
monotheism.
polytheism
singularity
anracnophobia
6
Early Sumer city-states...
All of the choices are correct.
acted as independent states.
had their own seperate gods and goddesses.
shared a common language and culture.
7
A city-state is...
a city that is very large.
a small but powerful empire.
a separate and independent state.
A small island that is covered with structures.
8
It had terraces and linked ramps and stairs -
office towers
tourist hotels
ziggurats
farmers storage silos
9
As defined by historians, a myth is...
a record of facts.
a traditional story, a legend.
a fantasy.
a book of poetry.
10
Mesopotamia attracted people because it...
had life-giving rivers.
All of the choices are correct.
was centrally located in the ancient world.
had rich soil.
11
In what continent would one find Mesopotamia?
Africa
Asia
North America
South America
12
Scribes, in ancient Sumer, were...
important because they kept records for kings and priests.
required to go to school for about ten years.
All choices are correct.
Normally began schooling at 8 years old.
13
A Sumerian ziggurat was made of terraces...
All of the answers are correct.
it allowed them to see far. It served as a look-out.
so the higher classes could live higher.
because it was the gods' ladder.
14
Who defeated the Sumer city-states in about 1700 BC.
a distant army from Persia
Babylonia
a neighboring army from Akkad
Assyrians from the far north
15
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were the source of life and death. Why?
They were great for trade, but not good for swimming.
They flooded and killed people, but also left rich soil.
They caused tsunamis, but also supplied clean water.
They protected Sumer from invading armies.
16
A giant brick building, at the heart of a Sumerian city, would likely be...
a massive burrial tomb.
a giant statue of their god.
a ziggurat.
a town hall and water feature.
17
In a Sumerian city the marketplace would likely have...
musicians and water sellers.
merchants.
acrobats and beggers.
All of the answers are correct.
18
When were the first schools created and what did they teach?
15,000 years ago - travel and languages
10,000 years ago - farming
2000 years ago - warfare
4000 years ago - writing
19
The Tigris and Euphrates...
helped irrigate crops leading to food surplusses.
All of the choices are correct.
created clay which was used to make clay bricks.
left good topsoil - making the soil fertile.
20
What caused the fall of Sumer?
fighting between the city-states
massive flooding
forest fires and strife
widespread famine
21
The Sumerians honored their gods in all but which of the following way -
priests washed their statues.
they played music and burned insense.
marched on their knees for days around their temples.
laid huge plates of food before them.
22
In Greek "Mesopotamia" means...
"a place beyond the sea."
"between the rivers."
"treeless land."
"land of good soil."
