Mesopotamia

What is the Fertile Crescent?

• a large arc of rich, or fertile farmland extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea

• an area of desert stretching from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea

• a rich and flakey breakfast bread served with butter

• a small fertile region in Europe that was settled by early hunter gatherers

What is irrigation?

• the process of planting crops in soil

• a way of supplying water to an area of land

• how early humans created shelter

• a system for trading to get needed resources

What is silt?

• a mixture of vitamins and minerals

• a seasoning used to flavor food

• a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

• an early form of writing used by scribes

What is a surplus?

• when you do not have enough supplies

• when crafters create artifacts for the gods

• when priests made offerings for the harvest

• when you have more than is needed

What is a city-state?

• a city and all the countryside around it

• a country and all the cities around it

• a farming village near a river

• a region with fertile soil

What is an empire?

• a city and all the countryside around it

• an arc of fertile land in southwest Asia

• land with different territories and peoples under a single rule

• a region near a river valley with fertile soil

What is polytheism?

• the worship of many gods

• the worship of only one god

• the worship of Ziggurats

• the worship of nomadic people

What is social hierarchy?

• all the people living in a given region

• a core class in an educational system

• rule by a king who has conquered many lands

• the division of society by rank or class

What is cuneiform?

• the world's first system of writing

• the world's first form of irrigation

• the practice of worshipping many gods

• the method of creating primary sources

What is a scribe?

• a merchant or trader in Ur

• a priest who practices polytheism

• a professional writer

• a member of the upper class