The Fertile Crescent Exit Ticket

by Kelley Damore

The Fertile Crescent Exit Ticket

The Fertile Crescent in Asia lies between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers and along their banks. The shape is a rainbow-shaped strip of land that lies between these two rivers.

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Multiple Choice

What is the name of the two rivers in the Fertile Crescent?

• Nile

  and 

  Amazon

• Mississippi

  and 

  Alleghany

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Erie Canal

  and

  Ohio

Multiple Choice

The Greeks would later call this region Mesopotamia or "the land between the rivers." Today we call this part of Southwest Asia the....

• Middle East

• U.S.A.

• Europe

• Africa

Multiple Choice

This area's climate is usually

• cold and damp

• hot and rainy

• hot and dry

• cold and dry

Multiple Choice

Were the rivers important to the people of Mesopotamia?

• yes

• no

• I