Ancient Mesopotamia

Sumer is important because it was...

• the world's first civilization
• the world's largest empire
• where humans evolved
• where fishing villages first developed

The Fertile Crescent soil is...

• dry
• rich
• rocky
• unproductive

The Fertile Crescent is present-day...

• Egypt
• Iran
• Iraq
• Persia

The only people in Mesopotamia who could read or write were...

• kings
• merchants
• priests
• scribes

A system of watering crops is...

• cuneiform
• irrigation
• levees
• ziggurats

Priest in Sumer...

• communicated with the Gods
• Introduced new technology
• lead the economy
• ran farms

Why did historians name the area Mesopotamia?

• It has highly fertile soil.
• It is bordered by rivers on two sides.
• It contained the first unified nation.
• A diverse group of people lived there.

What is first needed for the development of a civilization?

• architectural knowledge
• food production
• military power
• mineral resources

Polytheism is the belief that...

• spirits that control your life.
• the universe controls your life.
• there are many gods.
• there is a heaven.

Ziggurats were built to...

• give gods a place to better protect the people.
• show people the city-states were wealthy.
• serve as public meeting places for government officials.
• provide food and shelter for the poor.