The Fertile Crescent (Chapter 2)

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve
• Fertile Crescent
• Green C
• Fertile Curve

Where did the first civilizations of the Fertile Crescent arise because of rich soil?

• in the mountains

• near the sea

• in river valleys

• in the desert

The word "Mesopotamia" means

• middle of the fertile crescent
• land in the middle of the desert 
• land between the rivers
• land north of the sea

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

What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?

• India
• Egypt
• China
• Iraq

Why is this region called the Fertile Crescent?

• because the women had a lot of babies

• because the animals had a lot of babies

• because the moon was in a crescent form all of the time

• The land was fertile and shaped like a crescent moon.

Sumer was mainly made up of..

• City States
• An empire
• Villages
• Farms

A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler is called...

• Epic

• Empire

• City-State

• Scribe

A person in Mesopotamia who kept records on clay tablets is called a..

• ziggurat

• polytheism

• cuneiform

• scribe

Polytheism is

• worshiping many gods

• worshiping cows

• worshiping one deity

• worshiping only males