Fertile Crescent Test Review

"the land between the rivers"; an early civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• China

• India

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

More food than as needed by a person.

• Trade

• Domestication

• Surpus

• Irrigation

The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job

• Division of Labor (Specialization) 

• Polytheism

• Work Force

• Domestication of Labor

A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

• City-State

• Country

• Villiage

• Culture

Temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshiped

• City-States

• Statues

• Churches

• Ziggurats

A person who writes

• Author

• Scribe

• Hammurabi

• Illustrator

The Sumerians invented something that made it possible for their armies to use chariots. What was it?  

• harnesses

• swords

• wheels

• horseshoes

What was the purpose of irrigation?

• keep crops dry

• to provide water to crops

• provide indoor plumbing

• give people drinking water

The first civilizations arose in__________ because the conditions for farming were good.

• mountains

• deserts

• river valleys

• none of the above

River valleys were also ideal locations for __________ to develop.

• trade and travel

• water skiing

• mining

• forestry