Fertile Crescent

This name means "Land between two rivers" and was a name given by the Greeks. 

• empire
• Fertile Crescent
• polytheism
• Mesopotamia

The first ever writing system, it was created in Mesopotamia. 

• Cuneiform
• Heiroglyphics
• Scribe
• Cursive

A belief in many gods is often referred to as 

• polytheism
• mesopotamia
• irrigation
• civilization

Without this, ancient farmers would not have been able to water their crops in the hot, dry months. 

• civilization
• cuniform
• garden hose
• irrigation

A community of people becomes this when it develops a large population with high levels of cultural and technological development. 

• civililization
• polytheism
• confusing
• scribe

The Mesopotamian civilization appears to have risen in the valley between what two rivers?

• Euphrates and Tigris
• Zagros and Taurus
• Tigris and Karun
• Outlet Trail and Keuka Lake

Sumer was made up of...

• states
• city-states
• kingdoms
• cities

Which of the following was NOT part of the Sumerian civilization?

• worship of single god
• walls surrounding their city-states
• ziggurats
• mud-brick houses

What is silt?

• long period without rain 
• tiny bits of soil, minerals and rock deposited when the rivers flood.
• wearing away of soil by water and wind
• the watering of crops

Which year was the longest ago in time?

• 500 BC
• 1700 BC
• 2000 AD
• 700 AD