Mesopotamia

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve

• Fertile Crescent

• Green C

• Fertile Curve

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean

• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf

• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates

• the Euphrates and the Tigris

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphs

• English

• Sargon

When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first

• empire

• huge city-state

• nation

• democracy

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.

• cradle.

• Gilgamesh.

• ziggurat.

The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• artisans

• scribes

• heads of households

• merchants

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism

• Christianity

• Polytheism

• Judaism

Which was a religious structure that the Mesopotamians worshiped at?

• Pyramids

• Ziggurats

• Torahs

• Canals

This was used to control flooding and provide water to crops?

• Ziggurats

• Domestication

• Agriculture

• Irrigation

Central city and its surrounding farmland

• Ziggurat

• City-state

• Mesopotamia

• Cultural Hearth