Ancient Middle East

Ancient Mesopotamia existed between what two rivers? 

• Tigris and Nile
• Euphrates and Nile
• Amazon and Nile
• Tigris and Euphrates

_______ means "land between two rivers." 

• Crescent
• Euphrates
• Tigris
• Mesopotamia

The first ______ communities were in the Middle East.

• farming
• trading
• writing
• civilized

_________ was first used in Mesopotamia, which helped give them a surplus of food.

• Wind
• Irrigation
• Sickles
• Shovels

Most ancient civilizations were ______. 

• monotheistic
• polytheistic
• atheistic
• dualtheistic 

Fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in the Middle East

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

City that has a surrounding territory and its own government and laws

• Euphrates

• Tigris

• city-state

• empire

More than one country or city-state ruled by the same person or government

• Euphrates

• Tigris

• city-state

• empire

Two main rivers in Mesopotamia

• Euphrates

• Tigris

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

This is an example of what?

• irrigation

• cuneiform

• cave art

• ziggurat