The Fertile Crescent

The Fertile Crescent includes:

• China

• Africa

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia in Greek means:

• Rich soil and rivers

• The fertile crescent

• Between the rivers

• Area of deserts

ziggurats were:

• Sumerians resting places for between journeys

• pyramids made from terraces, with a shrine at the top for gods

• A nomad village

• The outlying area buildings of the city-state

The fall of Sumer was due to

• The droughts

• An invasion from Egypt

• The city-states fighting between each other for land and use of river

• A huge flood

What two bodies of water are at the ends of Mesopotamia?

• Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf

• Red Sea and Nile River

• Arabian Sea and Pacific Ocean

• St. George's Bank and Northumberland Strait

Which River is the LONGEST?

• Euphrates

• Tigris

A scribe is:

• Poorest class of Sumarians

• A professional writer

• the nobles of Sumer

• Priest

A delta is:

• where rivers end

• where rivers empty into a larger body of water

• soil at the bottom of a river

• a bird of prey

Polytheism is:

• Belief in the buddha

• belief in astrology

• belief in one mighty God

• the belief in many Gods

Babylonians built roads throughout the empire. The roads made traveling easier, which encouraged trade. _______________________ , or groups of travelers, stopped in Babylon on their way between Sumer to the south and Assyria to the north.

• slaves

• caravans

• animals

• merchants