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

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.
• cradle.
• Gilgamesh.
• ziggurat.

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism
• Christianity
• Polytheism
• Judaism

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

What is polytheism?

• an amphibian with many legs

• the worship of many gods

• the worship of one god

• the worship of no god/gods

A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

• City-State
• Country
• Villiage
• Culture

Curved strip of land that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf

• Mesopotamia
• Fertile Crescent
• silt
• Babylon

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops 

• irrigation
• nomads
• ziggurat
• scribes