Mesopotamia

What was the biggest challenge for Monty and Ben when they tried to start a farm in Mesopotamia?

• slaves

• floods

• silt

• it was too dry

Who made the general rules in Whitney's class?

• Hammurabi

• Priests

• Kings

• Farmers

How did Monty and Chase bring water to the fields?

• irrigation

• the slaves carried it

• they used mules

• rain buckets

During a history class, Chase asked, 'What were large and impressive temples called?'

• pyramids

• Euphrates

• hammurabi

• ziggurats

During a geography class, Ben and Aiden were discussing the arc of fertile farmland between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. What is this region called?

• the Euphrates River

• the Tigris River

• the Fertile Crescent

• Iraq

Monty and Lia are working on a school project about farming. They need to explain what supplying water to plants to aid in farming is called. What is the correct term?

• plowing

• irrigation

• farming

• scribe

What is Monty called who has the job of writing things down?

• scribe

• merchant

• artisan

• farmer

In Gabby's school, the division of students based on class, wealth, birth, or race is called

• hereditary

• social class

• hierarchy

• social structure

During a history class, Ben asked, 'Who invented cuneiform?'

• Babylonians

• Sumerians

• Akkadians

• Assyrians

Ben and Aiden are studying ancient civilizations. What are the two major rivers that run through Mesopotamia?

• Euphrates

• Persian Gulf

• Mediterranean

• Tigris