Mesopotamia Review

study how places change and how people interacted with their environment

• Archaeologist
• Paleontologist
• Geographer
• Anthropologist

Where did the first civilizations arise because of farming conditions?

• in the mountains
• near the sea
• in river valleys
• n the desert

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve
• Fertile Crescent
• Green C
• Fertile Curve

What attracted people to the Fertile Crescent?

• convenient navigation

• rich soil

• cool temperatures

• religious temples

ECONOMIC life changed because of the Neolithic Revolution because...

• women and men remained equal

• People started to farm instead of hunt & gather

• Women became more powerful than men

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

What was the primary reason that civilization first developed in Mesopotamia?

• Important centers of learning were in the valleys
• The mountains kept out warring tribes
• Farmers could use tractors and other machinery easily
• The soil was fertile because of flood deposits and silt

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

• irrigation
• nomads
• ziggurat
• scribes

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• the land of plenty

• the land between rivers

• the middle of the earth

• the land of smart people

What does letter A represent?

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Mesopotamia

• Fertile Crescent