Early Mesopotamia Review w GRAPES (Master)

This is a large arc of rich, fertile farmland located in the Middle East. (It's shaped like something you eat)

• Mesopotamia

• The Fertile Crescent

• Sumer

• Asia Minor

When people bring water from a river to their crops using channels it is called....

• A levee

• A dike

• Irrigation

• A dam system

Monuments, inventions, math, numbers, & medicine fit with this GRAPES of civilization.

• Political System

• Social Classes

• Accomplishments

• Geography

Farmers, potters, smiths, and soldiers are examples of this GRAPES of civilization.

• Economy & Social Structure

• Geography & Political System

• Religion & Political System

• Geography & Religion

What did the Sumerians build to control the flooding rivers?

• Irrigation

• Dams

• Canals

• Levees or Dikes

Kings, workers, and slaves are examples of what GRAPES of civilization?

• Accomplishments

• Religion

• Social Structure

• Political Structure

Which of these DID NOT help the Sumerians farm in Mesopotamia?

• Floods

• Levees & Dikes

• Irrigation

• All help farming in Mesopotamia

Which of these terms means "the land between the rivers?"

• Mesopotamia

• Fertile Crescent

• Sumer

• Middle East

Having laws, taxes, and an army are examples of which GRAPES of civilization?

• Social Structure

• Accomplishments

• Political System

• Religion

What is the name of the world's first civilization?

• Sumer

• Mesopotamia

• Fertile Crescent

• Akkad