Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent Review Part 1

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve
• Fertile Crescent
• Green C
• Fertile Curve

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

What is an empire?

• group of states under 1 leader
• city-states
• group of people
• way of life 

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism
• Christianity
• Polytheism
• Judaism

Why was Sargon important?

• He united Babylon to create the first empire
• He united Mesopotamia and created the first Empire
• He united Mesopotamia and made the first civilization
• He united Babylon and created the first civilization

A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

• City-State
• Country
• Villiage
• Culture

Emperor of the Akkadian Empire

• Sargon I

• Sargon II

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

Mesopotamia is located in what is present day

• Russia
• Egypt
• Iran
• Iraq

Lands controlled by one ruler is called

• colony
• empire
• taxation
• village

Which of the following is NOT related to irrigation?

• ditches
• dams
• canals
• roads