Early Civilization

A city and the areas it controls (villages and farmland) both politically and economically was known as a __

• metropolitan area
• city-state
• counties
• townships

The two rivers within which Mesopotamia is located are the 

• Nile and Tigris
• Euphrates and Nile
• Tigris and Euphrates
• Columbia and Tigris

Fertile Crescent is the name given to the area of civilization to 

• describe its shape and rich soil
• describe the shapes of the rivers that outline it
• describe the mountains that line the valley
• describe the green crops that grow in the shape of a half moon

The way in which Mesopotamians controlled the river waters which helped in the success of farming is known as 

• damming
• blockage
• irrigation
• controlled flooding

The first people to create a civilization in Mesopotamia were known as 

• Babylonians
• Phoenicians
• Egyptians 
• Sumerians

The system within Mesopotamia that included nobles, commoners, and slaves are known as 

• a communist system
• a capitalist system
• a social system
• a group system

A theocracy is a government that rules

• through divine authority or religion
• with the consent of the people
• with only violence and harsh laws
• only the nobles and kings

Monotheism is the belief in 

• one god
• many gods 
• two gods
•  goddesses only

The greatest Sumerian invention was

• writing
• sundial
• dome
• ipads made of clay

Sumerians who learned to become writers and record keepers were known as 

• secretaries
•  typists
• recorders
• scribes