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Fertile Crescent
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A review activity to test knowledge about the Fertile Crescent.
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1
Which was not an invention by the Sumerians.
Wagon Wheel
12-month calendar
sail boat
compass
2
The Fertile Crescent is in the area of the world that is now know as the_________?
Middle East
Asia
Europe
Egypt
3
"Cuneiform" writing means what?
slow
wedge shaped
picture
clay
4
Mesopotamia is between which two rivers?
Yellow/Indus
Tigris/Euphrates
Tigris/Erofat
Euphrates/Tigger
5
What allowed Mesopotamian farmers to get water to their crops?
A Levee
Rivers
Floods
Irrigation
6
What is not one of the crops that Mesopotamians grew?
corn
wheat
onions
dates
7
Mesopotamians used mud and clay for all but what?
pottery
furniture
Their homes
writing
8
What animal was first domesticated by Mesopotamian farmers?
Sheep
donkeys
Cattle
Dogs
9
Ziggurat means what?
School of god
Home of god
Mountain of god
Temple of god
10
What Sumerian king created the first empire?
Enhenduanna
Midas
Sargon
Kish
11
Mesopotamia was the worlds first what?
nomad community
farming community
culture to hunt animals.
democracy
12
What is not a way that Sumerians used the Tigress and Euphrates rivers.
Water for crops
religious ceremonies
transportation
fishing
13
Which group of people was not part of the highest class in Summer?
farmers
Priests
Government officials
kings
14
Why did early people settle down in the Fertile Crescent?
There was very fertile soil.
There was a large empire already there.
Large caves for shelter.
There was an important river.
15
Sumer was a culture in southern Mesopotamia that consisted of several city-states.
True
False
16
What was on the top of each ziggurat?
Priests home
government building
A school
A temple
17
In Sumer people practiced what?
monotheism
Christianity
ancestor worship
Polytheism
18
Why were scribes highly respected in Sumer?
They were related to the king.
They could communicate with the gods.
They could read and write.
They came from wealthy families.
19
What does this picture show?
Ziggurat
edubba
Sumerian Calendar
Cuneiform
20
Mesopotamia means what in Greek?
Land between the rivers.
Land with no rivers.
Land that has two rivers.
River land
