Ancient Mesopotamia

What does the name Mesopotamia mean?

• The land between two mountains

• The land between two valleys

• The land between two rivers

• The land between two deserts

Why were cities able to develop in ancient Mesopotamia?

• People from other civilizations offered to help Mesopotamia's people build cities in exchange for food and supplies.

• Farmers had grown so much food that many people could focus on other kinds of work instead of agriculture.

• Mesopotamian armies captured men from surrounding lands and forced them to build cities for them.

• None of these answers are correct.

Which of the following are major cities of ancient Mesopotamia? (Choose ALL that apply.)

• Eridu

• Cairo

• Uruk

• Athens

Why was irrigation needed for successful agriculture? (Choose ALL that apply.)

• If walls, ditches, and canals were not built, flood waters would possibly destroy crops.

• To provide drinking water for animals and humans.

• So that river water could be saved for watering crops during times of drought (little to no rainfall).

• So that they could quickly wash away crops that had gone bad.

What is domestication?

• Raising animals and plants for humans to use.

• Controlling water to bring it to the land.

• Flat land hat sits up higher than the land around it.

• Extremely fertile soil left behind by flooding rivers.

What is silt?

• Raising animals and plants for humans to use.

• Controlling water to bring it to the land.

• Flat land hat sits up higher than the land around it.

• Extremely fertile soil left behind by flooding rivers.

What is irrigation?

• Raising animals and plants for humans to use.

• Controlling water to bring it to the land.

• Flat land hat sits up higher than the land around it.

• Extremely fertile soil left behind by flooding rivers.

What is a plateau?

• Raising animals and plants for humans to use.

• Controlling water to bring it to the land.

• Flat land hat sits up higher than the land around it.

• Extremely fertile soil left behind by flooding rivers.

Between what two rivers can you find Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and Nile Rivers

• Euphrates and Nile Rivers

• Colorado and Nile Rivers

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

The belief in and worship of many gods is called ______.

• atheism

• polytheism

• monotheism

• None of these answers are correct.