Geography of Mesopotamia Review

Mesopotamia is a large region in the _______________ corner of ______________.

• North East, Africa

• South West, Asia

• South, Asia

• West, Africa

Mesopotamia comes from the Ancient Greeks and means

• fertile land

• ancient civilization

• all land

• land between rivers

How many climate zones make up Mesopotamia

• 3

• 2

• 1

• 4

The Zagros Mountains are located to the _________________ of Mesopotamia.

• Southwest

• Northeast

• Northwest

• East

The two largest peaks in the area of the Zagros Mountain were

• Mount Everest & Himalaya

• Cheekha Dar & Ural

• Qimmat Siyah Kayu & Cheekha Dar

• Ural & Himilaya

The _______________ lies to the southwest of Mesopotamia.

• Sahara Desert

• Arabian Desert

• Gobi Desert

• Syrian Desert

Agriculture does not follow the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

• True

• False

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow into which body of water?

• Red Sea

• Gulf of Mexico

• Persian Gulf

• Mediterranean Sea

Mesopotamia is largely the area of which country today?

• Turkey

• Iraq

• Kuwait

• Saudi Arabia

Which of these is not an ancient Mesopotamian city-state?

• Ur

• Babylon

• Nineveh

• Basrah