Mesopotamia, 1.1 + 1.2 Review

Ancient Mesopotamia was located between what two rivers?

• Ubangi and Senegal

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Congo and Zambezi

• Nile and Blue

Ancient Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ...

• Fertile Crescent

• Beringia

• Ancient Mesoamerica

• the Occident

What 3 major civilizations occupied the Fertile Crescent during Ancient Mesopotamia?

• Zulu, Visigoths, and Magdalenians

• Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians

• Chinese and Japanese, and British

• Egyptians, Igbo, and Hutu

Mesopotamians wrote on

• animal hides

• lava rocks like obsidian

• paper or papyrus

• clay tablets

Ancient Mesopotamia is mostly within the borders of which modern country?

• Iran

• Saudi Arabia

• Lebanon

• Iraq

What is irrigation?

• a natural water source like a stream or lake

• watering fields using human made systems

• a type of radiation used for dating ancient civilizations

• large gates on ziggurats

In Mesopotamia, what result did an consistent agricultural surplus have?

• equal social classes

• reduction in trade

• decline in wealth

• growth in population

The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was

• between two rivers

• in mountain foothills

• near a region of many conflicts

• at the site of the earliest cities

Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?

• Each of them kept written records.

• They were all part of one great empire.

• They all depended on each other for water.

• Each of them had its own ruler and farmland.

Which invention had the biggest impact on Sumer's food supply?

• the arch
• the wheel
• the chariot
• the plow