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Where people first settled, WHY, and what they put there. #civilization #mesopotamia

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1
Where did the first civilizations develop?
on the beach
underground
river valleys
mountain sides
2
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of society?
complex games
urbanization (cities)
advanced technology
government institutions
3
Ancient Sumerians are said to be the first people to:
form a government
start an educational system.
All of the above
develop architecture.
4
Cuneiform is
a system of writing.
a system of irrigation
a system of trading
a system of making sun-dried bricks
5
Why did an Assyrian merchant call iron ''the metal from heaven?''
Religious authorities were the only people who used it
It was so plentiful, Assyrians were blessed by God.
Its scarcity compelled Assyrians to worship iron as a God.
It could only be obtained from meteorites.
6
Ancient Mesopotamia was a ____ area because of its ____.
sought after...location on trade routes
sparsely populated...food shortages
None of the above
barren...scarce water resources
7
Mesopotamia was located between the ___ and ___ rivers.
Tigris and Euphrates
Loire and Seine
Rhine and Elbe
Tiber and Po