Fertile Crescent Review

What does Mesopotamia mean in English?

• Rand between two Livers

• Fertile Soil in the Desert

• Desert Supermarket

• Land between two Rivers.

What is the Fertile Crescent?

• Secret instructions for farming

• Recipe for making French breakfast pastries

• Nickname for Mesopotamia

The Tigris and Euphrates are important because...

• They were popular swimming spots.

• They provided rich soil for farming in Mesopotamia.

• They contained water that flowed really fast.

Scribes were...

• Professional writers.

• Professional artists.

• Professional traders.

• Professional businessmen.

What is Mesopotamia called today?

• Lower West

• Middle East

• Southern Middle

• Upper South

Pick ALL the countries currently in the Middle East.

• USA

• Israel

• Egypt

• Oman

• Argentina

Which is true about writing in ancient Mesopotamia?

• All people wanted to read more books.

• Writing was so easy that everyone could do it.

• It was used to create shopping lists.

• It kept records of important information.

What were the first laws in history called?

• Law and Order: Mesopotamia Edition

• Hammurabi's Code

• Nebuchadnezzar's Neat Rules

• Desert Punishments

Nebuchadnezzar II built this Wonder of the World. What is it?

• Great Pyramids

• Colossus of Rhodes

• Lighthouse at Alexandria

• Hanging Gardens of Babylon

A made up story explaining peoples' beliefs.

• Fairy Tale

• Myth

• Joke

• Saga