Why did people originally move from the hills to the valley?

There wasn't enough food to feed the growing population.

Mesopotamia was called a Fertile Crescent because...

the soil was rich and things grew easily.

What is a major accomplishment of the Assyrians?

siege warfare, iron weapons and horses

How did the Sumerians protect their communities?

They built walls and moats around their cities.

What is the correct order of the empires?

Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Neo-Babylonians

What is a city-state?

has their own ruler and farmland

How did agriculture impact shelter?

They grew and became more permanent.

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1
Which came first, the Neolithic Age or the Paleolithic Age?
Paleolithic
Neolithic
2
Which is NOT a social scientist?
teacher
geographer
archeologist
historian
3
What is a ziggurat?
A musical instrument
A tool to tell time.
Clay tablets with writing on them.
A temple or religious tower.
4
What do archeologists study to learn about the past?
The land
Books
Artifacts
The stars
5
Why did people originally move from the hills to the valley?
They rivers flooded.
There wasn't enough food to feed the growing population.
They were attacked.
The irrigation system broke.
6
Mesopotamia was called a Fertile Crescent because...
people traveled here every year.
most great warriors came from there.
the soil was rich and things grew easily.
it was known for great baking.
7
Why is agriculture the most important development in history?
provided a stable food supply
all of the above
communities developed
created new jobs
8
Which empire is known for tight battle formations?
Assyrians
Akkadians
Neo-Babylonians
Babylonians
9
Trade became more common when...
agriculture developed
they were hunting and gathering
there was a drought
empires formed
10
What is a major accomplishment of the Assyrians?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
code of laws
siege warfare, iron weapons and horses
math and astronomy
11
How did the Sumerians protect their communities?
They wrote messages in cuneiform.
The lived far from the river.
They built walls and moats around their cities.
They traded goods for hundreds of miles.
12
What is the correct order of the empires?
Assyrians, Babylonians, Akkadians, Neo-Babylonians
Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Neo-Babylonians
Babylonians, Neo-Babylonians, Assyrians, Akkadians
Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Neo-Babylonians
13
Cave art usually included pictures of...
the land
plants
people
animals
14
What is a city-state?
has their own ruler
has their own ruler and farmland
has their own farmland
a walled city with a moat
15
How did agriculture impact shelter?
They grew and became more permanent.
They got smaller
They built better tents.
They created a city-state.
16
Which of these is NOT one of the seven characteristics of a civilization?
written language
government
social structure
education
17
What are two technological advancements from Mesopotamia?
plow and irrigation systems
plow and wheat
chairs and tables
silt and the irrigation system
18
Cuneiform is written on
pieces of carved stone
wood
iron
clay tablets
19
Who was the ruler of the Babylonians?
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar II
Hammurabi
There were many rulers
20
Agriculture includes farming and _________ animals.
cute
untamed
wild
domesticated
21
What is a problem encountered by all four Mesopotamian empires?
not enough food
not enough trading
too much land to control
poor irrigation system
22
What were steles used for?
record important events
get water for farming
make objects from metal
to record their writing
23
City-states got into arguments over
water
rules and laws
boundary lines
food
24
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
The dessert
The land between the rivers
Old land
The land of trading

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