Chapter 3: Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name?

• the Fertile Crescent and the Mediterranean Sea
• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea
• the northern plateau and the southern plateau
• the Tigris and the Euphrates River

Which is the BEST explanation for why Mesopotamians built canals?

• They needed a way to control the river's flow.
• They needed a way to control flooding. 
• They needed a way to control low water levels.
• They needed a way to control the surplus. 

Which is an inference about why city-states fought each other for farmland?

• Each city-state owned crops that had been destroyed by natural causes.
• Each city-stae had only one skill, which was farming.
• Each city-state wanted to build walls around its farms.
• Each city-state wanted to have enough farmland to grow food.

What did Sargon's empire have in common with other Mesopotamian city-states?

• It extended over a greater territory than anyone had ever conquered before.
• It fought with surrounding city-states.
• It covered an area from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. 
• It had a professional army.

Who served as the link between the Sumerians and the gods?`

• farmers
• priests
• war chiefs
• political leades

Which of the following best describes cuneiform?

• a form of writing using picture symbols
• a form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols
• a form

What was most likely the reason that ziggurats were tall?

• to honor the gods
• so they could easily be found
• so architects could display their work
• to mark the center of the city

What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use the battle?

• fire and chariots
• bows and arrows
• iron weapons and chariots
• battleships and iron weapons

What was the relationship between trade and the spread of the Phoenician alphabet?

• Phoenicians traded knowledge of their alphabet for goods and services they needed.
• Trade increased in  places where the Phoenician alphabet was not used.
• The Phoenician alphabet spread along their trade routes.
• Phoenicians would only trade with people who could trade with people who could write in Phoenician.

The resource for which Phoenicia was well known was 

• iron ore
• cedar wood
• fertile soil
• gold and silver