W1-2 The Fertile Crescent

What area did the first civilization appear?

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• China

• India

Which civilization is reportedly the first in recorded history?

• Sumerians

• Akkadians

• Babylonians

• Egyptians

What Babylonian established the first written law codes?

• Darius I

• Hammurabi

• Draco

• Ashurbanipal

In which era of Ancient Egyptian history did the Egyptians build large pyramids?

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Lost Kingdom

The term Mesopotamia comes from the Greeks, meaning what?

• land of the first civilization

• land between the rivers

• land of a thousand rivers

• land between the mountains

What is the first form of writing in recorded history?

• cuneiform

• sanskrit

• hieroglpyhs

• logograph

What was the last "pharaoh" of Egypt?

• Ramses II

• Cleopatra

• Ptolemy

• Akhenaton

Which river did the Egyptians develop their civilization around?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus

• Nile

• Amazon

What civilization developed around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

• Chinese Civilization

• Egyptian Civilization

• Mesopotamian Civilization

• Indian Civilization

The Fertile Crescent is located where geographically?

• East Asia

• Middle East (West Asia)

• Southern Europe

• West Africa