Geography & Sumer

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• Land between the rivers

• Land between the mountains

• Land between the seas

• Land between the valleys

Mesopotamia is the earliest known civilization

• True

• False

What rivers is Mesopotamia between?

• Mississippi & Missouri

• Susquehanna & Delaware

• Tigris & Euphrates

• Nile & Congo

What do we call an area of rich farmland in an otherwise dry area?

• Fertile Triangle

• Fertile Crescent

• Fertile Polygon

• Fertile Hexagon

What happens to the rivers every spring?

• They dry up

• They flood

• They go backwards

• They disappear

What is a raised area of land to control the flooding?

• Dam

• Levee

• Channel

• Canal

What term means moving water where you want it when you want it?

• Irritation

• Irrigation

• Migration

• Mitigation

What is the southern part of Mesopotamia?

• Sumer

• Summer

• Sardinia

• Saudi Arabia

Who ruled a city-state?

• Mayor

• Governor

• President

• Priest-King

What's a step pyramid temple?

• Ziggurat

• Pentagon

• Sphinx

• Parthenon