Fertile Crescent Review G5

A city that is an individual unit, complete with it's own form of government and traditions is a ___________. (For example Uruk, Ur, Kish and Nippur)

• Fertile

• State Capital

• City-State

• Euphrates

Heavy rains cause the riverbanks to overflow and flood the plain. Farmers built trenches and ditches to help control water and use it for their crops. This system trenches and ditches were called?

• Irrigation

• Pool

• Cuneiform

• Polytheism

What was the climate like in the Fertile Crescent?

• Summers were long, hot, and dry with temperatures reaching nearly 120 degrees F. Heavy rains from November to April cause the riverbanks to overflow and flood the plain.

• Very cold during the months of November to February. Summers were very mild with temperatures reaching 80 degrees F.

• Summers were warm and humid and winters were harsh and cold with temperatures below 0 degrees F.

What does the word Mesopotamia mean in Greek?

• The Land Before Time

• The land between the rivers

• The Land of the Lost

• Rivers are cool!

The Fertile Crescent stayed fertile because of these 2 very important rivers.

• James and Rappahannock

• Mississippi and Missouri

• Nile and Amazon

• Euphrates and Tigris

What natural resource did the Mesopotamians use to build their homes and other building with?

• Aluminum siding

• Wood from the forest

• Bricks made from mud and straw.

• Lots of rocks

Writing was a giant leap forward for the Mesopotamian civilization. Scribes pressed reeds into wet clay tablets to form this type of writing.

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Gothic

The worship of many Gods is called ______________.

• Monotheism

• Ziggurat

• Polytheism

• Society

Located at highest point of each city was was pyramid shaped structure thought to be a link between the heavens and earth. This temple was called a ________________.

• Church

• Capital

• Ziggurat

• Monument

In 1792 B.C. this clever and shrewd King controlled much of Mesopotamia and his empire was called Babylonia. His officials collected taxes to pay for his large army and construction projects. He ruled with strict set of laws.

• Trump

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Xerxes