Ch. 3 Fertile Crescent!

The first civilization to occupy the Fertile Crescent were the _____________ .

• Sumerians
• Akkadians
• Babylonians
• Republicans

The Fertile Crescent is known as ____________________ .

• the Tri-State Area
• the Cradle of Civilization
• city-states
• Catalhoyuk

The Sumerians invented the arch and the _________ .

• iron
• chariot
• cross
• fire

The two major rivers in the Fertile Crescent are _________ .

• the Mississippi and the Ohio
• the Tigris and Mediterranean.
• the Tigris and the Euphrates.
• the Nile and the Euphrates.

Sumerians were polytheistic, meaning they ________ .

• wore polyester clothing
• hunted and farmed.
• wrote down several laws.
• believed in many gods.

Babylon, Ur, Uruk, and Eridu were ___________ .

• kings
• foods
• enemies
• city-states

Sumerians worshipped their gods and priests by building huge temples like pyramids with stairs up the sides; these were known as _________ .

• pyramids
• ziggurats
• synagogues
• cuneiform

The Sumerians kept track of trade, taxes, military issues, and more through an early form of writing known as _________________ .

• heiroglyphics
• scribes
• ziggurats
• cuneiform

The Sumerian way of counting, the sexagesimal system, is what influences why we have 60 seconds in a  minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 12 months in a year.  The Sumerians figured this out by counting on each part of their ____________ .

• fingers
• toes
• elbows
• kids

Sumerians figured out how to __________________ their crops, which greatly improved production and led to trade.

• plant
• destroy
• irrigate
• clone