Unit 1: Ancient Mesopotamia Review

Check the following criteria that we discussed as being criteria civilizations need to be considered civilizations. (3 of the 5 are correct)

• Large populations centers

• Agriculture

• Have a democratic form of government

• A complex division of labor

• Systems of communication

Geography impacts human societies in all of the following except.....

• Food they can grow

• Homes they can/do build

• Governments they form

• Clothes they wear

True or false? Just like today, it was bad when flooding occurred in Ancient Mesopotamia?

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The area of ancient Mesopotamia is called the Fertile Crescent because......

• The moon once landed here (bet you didn't know that!)

• Most of the worlds population was concentrated there

• There was great animal diversity there

• The stretch of land was very fertile

Which region is Mesopotamia in?

• The Middle East

• North Africa

• Southern Europe

• Central America

Mesopotamia is referred to as "The cradle of civilization." because......

• A civilizations of babies established a powerful city-state

• The earliest tools were found there

• The earliest recorded civilizations were there

• The earliest recordings of warfare took place there

True or false? The earliest civilizations were large unified kingdoms/empires.

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What is a city-state?

• The city has a specific god or goddess that they worship

• The city has its own currency

• The city is its own country

• The city is part of a larger country

Nearly all city-states/civilizations governments were...... (Two of these are correct)

• Theocracies (rule by religion)

• Democracies (rule by the people - voting)

• Oligarchies (rule by a few)

• Junta (rule by military)

True or false? Religion played a very large role in ancient Mesopotamian societies.

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