First Civilizations

The artifact below is evidence that Sumerians had

• written language
• art
• chariots
• all of the above

Mesopotamia is Greek for

• fertile crescent
• land between 2 rivers
• Sumer
• Babylon

Mesopotamia's written language was called

• cuneiform
• heiroglyphs
• scribes
• ziggurat

On which continent was Mesopotamia located?

• Africa
• Europe
• Asia
• Australia

The two rivers that defined the civilization of Mesopotamia were called __

• The Tigris & Euphrates
• The Nile & Mississippi
• The Tigris & Nile
• There weren't rivers

What were people called who were trained to write/record?

• Scribes

• Writers

• Mrs. Theilen

• Pictionary

• Mr. Barrett

What country is present-day Mesopotamia located?

• Egypt

• Afghanistan

• Iran

• Greece

What are the names of the two rivers that would flood regularly in Mesopotamia, thus making the land more fertile for agriculture?

• The Nile and the Zambezi

• The Congo and the Niger

• The Euphrates and the Tigris

• The Jordan and the Dead Sea

What is the method of watering crops? They would use Levees and canals to control the water.

• city-state

• polytheism

• theocracy

• irrigation

What were the people in the Paleolithic age called?

• Hunters

• Berrie Pickers

• Farmers

• Hunters and Gathers