Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, Indus Valley,& Ancient China

Which two rivers help to create the region called the Fertile Crescent?

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Indus and Nile Rivers

• Swardie and Danube Rivers

• Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

Which ancient civilization is now home to modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey and Syria?

• Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

• Indus River Valley

• Ancient China

Which ancient Mesopotamia civilization is credited with creating the earliest form of the written language?

• Egypt

• Syria

• Sumer

• Babylonia

What is the earliest form of writing called?

• Hieroglyphs

• Cuneiform

• Pictograms

• Cyrillic

This rather than biological reasons lead to the Europeans success in much of world history.

• It was actually biology

• The environment

• Their brains

• Their boats

Which of the following is an advantage brought by the Agricultural revolution?

• Controllable food supply

• Desertification

• The patriarchy

• Inequality

What are two of the plants that humans first start to domestic in Mesopotamia?

• Barley and wheat

• Corn and potatoes

• Beans and rice

• Aloe and Hops

How do we know that the people of the Indus River Valley prized cleanliness?

• They had unground drainage system for their bathrooms.

• They had public bath houses

• They swept their streets daily

• They had their garbage hauled away

We can read the writing system of the Indus River Valley civilization.

• True

• False

What purpose(s) did the seal serve in the Indus River Valley civilization?

• Personal identification

• Marker of property

• Stamp

• Decoration for the home